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The Lost Heart of Asia
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Discover Colin Thubron’s journey through central asia in the wake of the fall of the iron curtain.Thubron travelled throughout Central Asia in the wake of the break-up of the Soviet Union and documented the widespread social upheaval in a region reeling from political change. Thubron is an inspirational writer, intrepid traveller and insightful observer and his The Lost Heart of Asia is an outstanding guide to the history, people and culture of a vast region resonating with history and politics.’Thubron’s journey takes him through a spectacular, talismanic geography of desert and mountain… and he weaves its mysteries with modern images into a dazzling embroidery’ The Times
Additional information
| Weight | 0.266 kg |
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| Dimensions | 2.3 × 12.8 × 19.7 cm |
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| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 384 |
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| Year Published | 2004-4-1 |
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| Publication City/Country | London, United Kingdom |
| ISBN 10 | 0099459280 |
| About The Author | Colin Thubron is an acknowledged master of travel writing, and the winner of many prizes and awards. His first writing was about the Middle East – Damascus, Lebanon and Cyprus. In 1982 he travelled into the Soviet Union in an ancient Morris Marina, pursued by the KGB, a journey he recorded in Among the Russians. From these early experiences developed his classic travel books: Behind the Wall (winner of the Hawthornden Prize and the Thomas Cook Travel Award), In Siberia (Prix Bouvier), Shadow of the Silk Road and To a Mountain in Tibet (all available in Vintage). In 2010 Colin Thubron became President the Royal Society of Literature. |
Thubron's journey takes him through a spectacular, talismanic geography of desert and mountain… a whole glittering, terrible and romantic history lies abandoned along with thoughts of more prosperous times… Thubon's grasp of this fantastical past is impeccable, and he weaves its mysteries with modern images into a dazzling embroidery |
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| Other text | Thubron writes with an originality and vividness that few contemporary authors can match |
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