The Lost Heart of Asia [Lingua Inglese] - Brossura

Thubron, Colin

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0060926562 ISBN 13: 9780060926564

Casa editrice: Perennial, 1995

Riassunto

A land of enormous proportions, countless secrets, and incredible history, Central Asia--the heart of the great Mongol empire of Tamerlane, site of the legendary Silk Route and scene of Stalin's cruelest deportations--is a remote and fascinating region. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the emergence of newly independent republics, Central Asia--containing the magical cities of Bukhara and Samarkand, and terrain as diverse as the Kazakh steppes, the Karakum desert, and the Pamir mountains--has been in a constant state of transition. The Lost Heart of Asia takes readers into the very heart of this little visited, yet increasingly important region, delivering a rare and moving portrayal of a world in the midst of change.

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L'autore:

Colin Thubron is the author of seven award-winning novels, including To the Last City, which was long-listed for the Man Booker Prize. He is an acknowledged master of travel writing, and his most recent titles include Behind the Wall, winner of the Hawthornden Prize and the Thomas Cook Travel Award; In Siberia, winner of the Prix Bouvier; the New York Times bestseller Shadow of the Silk Road; and To a Mountain in Tibet. In 2010 he became president of the Royal Society of Literature.

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Book by Thubron Colin

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• Editore: Perennial
• Data di pubblicazione: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0060926562
• ISBN 13: 9780060926564
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 384