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Buch (Softcover): Ratgeber
The Road to Oxiana
Verlag:
Oxford University Press Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: N2L62GQ
EAN: 9780195325607
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Nicht auf Lager
Zustellung: Mi, 11.11.2026
Versand: Kostenlos
CHF 33.50
Beschreibung
In 1933, the delightfully eccentric travel writer Robert Byron set out on a journey through the Middle East via Beirut, Jerusalem, Baghdad and Teheran to Oxiana, near the border between Afghanistan and the Soviet Union. Throughout, he kept a thoroughly captivating record of his encounters, discoveries, and frequent misadventures. His story would become a best-selling travel book throughout the English-speaking world, until the acclaim died down and it was gradually forgotten. When Paul Fussell published his own book Abroad. , in 1982, he wrote that The Road to Oxiana. is to the travel book what "Ulysses. is to the novel between the wars, and what The Waste Land. is to poetry. " His statements revived the public's interest in the book, and for the first time, it was widely available in American bookstores. Now this long-overdue reprint will introduce it to a whole new generation of readers. This edition features a new introduction by Rory Stewart, best known for his book The Places In Between. , about his extensive travels in Afghanistan. Today, in addition to its entertainment value, The Road to Oxiana. also serves as a rare account of the architectural treasures of a region now inaccessible to most Western travelers, and a nostalgic look back at a more innocent time.
Spezifikationen
Sprache
- Englisch
Autor
- Byron Robert
- Stewart Rory
- Paul Fussell
Erscheinungsjahr
- 2007
Format
- Buch (Softcover)