The Road to Oxiana - Couverture souple

Byron, Robert

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0195325605 ISBN 13 : 9780195325607

Editeur : OUP USA, 2007

Synopsis

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Présentation de l'éditeur :

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.

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'Robert Byron was the pre-eminent travel writer of his generation. Witty, mercurial, combative, erudite, his classic The Road to Oxiana fuses his scholarship and descriptive power' Colin Thubron, Guardian

In 1933, the delightfully eccentric Robert Byron set out on a journey through the Middle East via Beirut, Jerusalem, Baghdad and Teheran to Oxiana - the country of the Oxus, the ancient name for the river Amu Darya which formed part of the border between Afghanistan and the Soviet Union. While his arrival at his destination, the legendary tower of Qabus, is a wonder, the journey itself is a captivating, quirky record of his adventures and a rare account of the architectural treasures of a region now inaccessible to most Western travellers.

'There are funny tales...There are exquisite vignettes... Most of all, this book is a monument to monuments that are gone' The Times

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À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: OUP USA
• Date d'édition: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0195325605
• ISBN 13: 9780195325607
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 291