Colin Thubron

The Amur River

Between Russia and China

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Richly detailed, immaculately written and full of insights and encounters that bring a complex corner of the world to life' Michael PalinA dramatic and ambitious new journey for our greatest travel writerThe Amur River is almost unknown.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Vintage Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. September 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 164mm x 241mm x 34mm
• Gewicht: 598g
• ISBN-13: 9781784742874
• ISBN-10: 1784742872
• Artikelnr.: 62223246

Autorenporträt

Colin Thubron is an acknowledged master of travel writing, and the winner of many prizes and awards. His first writing was about the Middle East - Damascus, Lebanon and Cyprus. In 1982 he travelled into the Soviet Union in an ancient Morris Marina, pursued by the KGB, a journey he recorded in Among the Russians. From these early experiences developed his classic travel books: Behind the Wall (winner of the Hawthornden Prize and the Thomas Cook Travel Award), The Lost Heart of Asia, In Siberia (Prix Bouvier) and Shadow of the Silk Road. His most recent book is To a Mountain in Tibet (all available in Vintage). Colin Thubron was President of the Royal Society of Literature from 2010 to 2017.