Shadow of the Silk Road (P.S.) [Idioma Inglés] - Softcover

Críticas

"A beautiful and profound travel book"
--"Mail on Sunday"
"A masterpiece of travel writing ... a classic"
--"New Statesman"

"From the Hardcover edition."

" A beautiful and profound travel book"
-- "Mail on Sunday"
" A masterpiece of travel writing ... a classic"
-- "New Statesman"

"From the Hardcover edition."

"An exhausting journey and a marvelous book." -- Harper's Magazine

"Splendid.Sumptuously detailed, elegantly written and riveting...Thubron misses nothing." -- Providence Journal

"[An] absorbing travel epic.Thubron's poetic eye still teases out gorgeous subtleties in the panorama."" -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"Thubron has done it all, with sparkling grace . . . He is a brilliant brooder, artful in his melancholy."--San Francisco Chronicle

"Splendid...Sumptuously detailed, elegantly written and riveting...Thubron misses nothing."--Providence Journal

"A fantastically descriptive writer, Thubron digs through the history of Central Asia...Perfect for vicarious travelers."--New York magazine

"An exhausting journey and a marvelous book."--Harper's Magazine

"Moving in a way that's rare in travel literature...Thubron goes to places most other sojourners can't."--Lorraine Adams, New York Times Book Review

Reseña del editor

The author of In Siberia recounts his ambitious and dangerous trek along the legendary Silk Road, during which he ventured from the heart of China to the mountains of Central Asia, through northern Afghanistan, across the plains of Iran, and into Kurdish Turkey, on a journey that exposed him to the vibrant local cultures and trades. Reprint. 40,000 first printing.