Description
| Product ID: | 9781035052189 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Places In Between |
| Subtitle: | A vivid account of a death-defying walk across war-torn Afghanistan |
| Authors: | Author: Rory Stewart |
| Page Count: | 400 |
| Subjects: | Travel writing, Travel writing, Afghanistan |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The compelling story of a death-defying walk across war-torn Afghanistan from Rory Stewart, former Cabinet minister, bestselling author and the co-presenter of hit podcast The Rest is Politics. <p><b>Winner of the RSL Ondaatje Prize<br>Shortlisted for the <i>Guardian</i> First Book Award<br><br>‘A striding, glorious book . . . A flat-out masterpiece’ <i>The</i> <i>New York Times Book Review</i></b><br><br>Caught between hostile nations, warring factions and competing ideologies, Afghanistan was in turmoil following the US invasion. Travelling entirely on foot and following the inaccessible mountainous route once taken by the Mughal emperor Babur the Great, Rory Stewart was nearly defeated by the extreme, hostile conditions.<br><br>Only with the help of an unexpected companion, and the generosity of the people he met on the way, did he survive to report back on his journey with unique insight on a region closed to the world by twenty-four years of war.<br><br><b>‘This evocative book feels like a long-lost relic of the great age of exploration’ <i>The Guardian</i></b></p> |
| Imprint Name: | Picador |
| Publisher Name: | Pan Macmillan |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2024-05-09 |
