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The Road to Oxiana (Paperback)
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Discovery Miles 2 850
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The Road to Oxiana (Paperback)
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List price R348
Loot Price R285
Discovery Miles 2 850
You Save R63 (18%)
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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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