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Shadow of the Silk Road
de Thubron, Colin
- Usado
- Muy bueno
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Muy bueno/Very Good Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0701173637
- ISBN 13
- 9780701173630
- Librería
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Devizes, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
Chatto & Windus, 2006-09-07. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good Jacket. 10x8x1. 'Colin Thubron is the best travel writer I've ever read, and I have read many. This book ranks among his best. His descriptions are so vivid, it feels like you are right there with him.' Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.
Sinopsis
Shadow of the Silk Road records a journey along the greatest land route on earth. Out of the heart of China into the mountains of Central Asia, across northern Afghanistan and the plains of Iran and into Kurdish Turkey, Colin Thubron covers some seven thousand miles in eight months. Making his way by local bus, truck, car, donkey cart and camel, he travels from the tomb of the Yellow Emperor, the mythic progenitor of the Chinese people, to the ancient port of Antioch—in perhaps the most difficult and ambitious journey he has undertaken in forty years of travel. The Silk Road is a huge network of arteries splitting and converging across the breadth of Asia. To travel it is to trace the passage not only of trade and armies but also of ideas, religions and inventions. But alongside this rich and astonishing past, Shadow of the Silk Road is also about Asia today: a continent of upheaval.One of the trademarks of Colin Thubron's travel writing is the beauty of his prose; another is his gift for talking to people and getting them to talk to him. Shadow of the Silk Road encounters Islamic countries in many forms. It is about changes in China, transformed since the Cultural Revolution. It is about false nationalisms and the world's discontented margins, where the true boundaries are not political borders but the frontiers of tribe, ethnicity, language and religion. It is a magnificent and important account of an ancient world in modern ferment.
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Detalles
- Librería
- M Godding Books Ltd
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 232956
- Título
- Shadow of the Silk Road
- Autor
- Thubron, Colin
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Muy bueno
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good Jacket
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0701173637
- ISBN 13
- 9780701173630
- Editorial
- Chatto & Windus
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 2006-09-07
- Tamaño
- 10x8x1
- X weight
- 25 oz
Términos de venta
M Godding Books Ltd
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Sobre el vendedor
M Godding Books Ltd
Miembro de Biblio desde 2006
Devizes, Wiltshire
Sobre M Godding Books Ltd
The business trades in a variety of on-line products. Our business is currently expanding its already large collection of books, and other media. Established in 2005, the business became M Godding Ltd in April 2006. It is a family run business trading from Devizes in Wiltshire, England. It aims for satisfied customers through a friendly and efficient service. Our book shop specialises in rare, older used books including many first editions
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