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Synopsis
In the winter of 2002, Scottish writer Rory Stewart made a seemingly suicidal trek across Afghanistan to learn more about the inhospitable country that had leapt so terrifyingly into the global consciousness. Braving icy storms, arid deserts, wolves, warlords, and the still dangerous Taliban, Stewart came to understand the spirit of the Afghan people better than perhaps any other Westerner. His episodic yet brilliant descriptions of his travels are neither romanticized, sentimentalized, or prejudiced: with a clear eye and delicious prose Stewart brings to life a world that few will ever know--the harsh yet marvelous land of Afghanistan.
| Size | | Length: | 336 pages | | Height: | 7.8 in | | Width: | 5.3 in | | Thickness: | 1.5 in | | Weight: | 12.0 oz |
Publisher's Notes
First Line: "I watched two men enter the lobby of the Hotel Mowafag."
Industry Reviews
"By turns harrowing and meditative, Stewart's trek through Afghanistan in the footsteps of the 15th-century emperor Babur is edifying at every step, grounded by his knowledge of local history, politics and dialects. His prose is lean and unsentimental...."
(02/13/2006)
"Gripping account of a courageous journey, observed with a scholar's eye and a humanitarian's heart."
(03/01/2006)
"If...you're determined to do something as recklessly stupid as walk across a war zone, your surest bet to quash all the inevitable criticism is to write a flat-out masterpiece. [Rory] Stewart did. Stewart has. THE PLACES IN BETWEEN is, in very nearly every sense, too good to be true."
(06/11/2006)
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