Sovietistan A Journey Through Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan
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Verlag:Quercus Publishing Plc
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Produktdetails
Verkaufsrang
38091
Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
01.10.2020
Verlag
Quercus Publishing PlcSeitenzahl
477
Maße (L/B/H)
19,8/13,2/4,3 cm
Gewicht
345 g
Originaltitel
SovjetistanÜbersetzt von
Kari Dickson
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-0-85705-774-7
"A mesmerising trip across Central Asia . . . A fascinating travelogue" Financial Times
Erika Fatland takes the reader on a journey that is unknown to even the most seasoned globetrotter. The five former Soviet Republics' Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan all became independent when the Soviet Union fell apart in 1991. How have these countries developed since then?
In the Kyrgyzstani villages Erika Fatland meets victims of the widely known tradition of bride snatching; she visits the huge and desolate Polygon in Kazakhstan where the Soviet Union tested explosions of nuclear bombs; she meets Chinese shrimp gatherers on the banks of the dried out Aral Sea and she witnesses the fall of a dictator. She travels incognito through Turkmenistan, a country that is closed to journalists. She meets exhausted human rights activists in Kazakhstan, survivors from the massacre in Osh in 2010, German Menonites that found paradise on the Kyrgyzstani plains 200 years ago. During her travels, she observes how ancient customs clash with gas production and she witnesses the underlying conflicts between ethnic Russians and the majority in a country that is slowly building its future in Nationalist colours.
In these countries, that used to be the furthest border of the Soviet Union, life follows another pace of time. Amidst the treasures of Samarkand and the bleakness of Soviet architecture, Erika Fatland moves with her openness towards the people and the landscapes around her. A rare and unforgettable travelogue.
Translated from the Norwegian by Kari Dickson
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