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Descripción Softcover. Condición: new. Reissue. 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 bestselling travel book throughout the Englishspeaking 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 publics interest in the book and for the first time it was widely available in American bookstores Now this longoverdue 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 AfghanistanToday 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. Nº de ref. del artículo: DADAX0195325605
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Descripción Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. 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 graduallyforgotten. 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 topoetry." 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 rareaccount of the architectural treasures of a region now inaccessible to most Western travelers, and a nostalgic look back at a more innocent time. Of the journey by travel writer Robert Byron to the Middle East, this serves as a rare account of the architectural treasures of a region now innaccessible to most Western travellers, and a nostalgic look back at a more innocent time. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Nº de ref. del artículo: 9780195325607
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