The Lost Heart of Asia
$28.38
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
1 June 2004
Summary
‘I would rather read Colin Thubron than any other travel writer alive on central Asia’ - John Simpson, Daily Telegraph
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 h…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099459286 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0099459280 |
| Author: | Colin Thubron |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 1 June 2004 |
| Weight: | 264g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 130mm x 26mm |
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Critics Review
“An intrepid traveller who also writes beautifully, with wit and erudition.” Spectator
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 * The Times *
Thubron writes with an originality and vividness that few contemporary authors can match * Independent *
Although the heroic age of travellers in Central Asia has gone for ever, this book will still deserve, for the intense beauty of its pose and the observant clarity of its visions, to stand alongside the best of those classic travel writings of the past * Sunday Telegraph *
This book is a masterpiece of travel writing… in plain English, it’s a classic * New Statesman *
About The Author
Colin Thubron
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.
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