✨Sách - The Places In Between by Rory Stewart (UK edition, paperback)

Ships from and sold by EXPERAL Singapore Publisher: Macmillan UK Origin: United Kingdom (Imported) ISBN 13: 9781447271062 Condition: Brandnew Binding: paperback Pages: 400 Dimensons: 197 x 130 x 26 | 284 (gram) ---------------------------------------- This is traveling at its hardest and travel-writing at its bestWith a deft, at time poetic vividness, he describes an awesome landscape, scarred by a present and a past of violence and . . . His encounters with Afghans are tragic, touching and terrifying[Stewart] must have balls of steel, but he writes like and angel all the sameThis evocative book feels like a long lost relic of the great age of explorationAn astonishing achievement: a unique journey of great courageWise, funny and marvelously humaneAn insight into the country that few could matchThank goodness for brave people doing crazy things and for a writer in the tradition of Thesiger and ThubronThe international bestseller: A brilliant account of Rory Stewart's walk through war-ravaged Afghanistan. Now with illustrations and an afterword. The Places In Between is Rory Stewart's moving account of his death-defying walk across war-torn Afghanistan in January 2002. Now with illustrations and an afterword. Caught between hostile nations, warring factions and competing ideologies, at the time Afghanistan was in turmoil following the US invasion. Travelling entirely on foot and following the inaccessible mountainous route once taken by the Mogul Emperor, Babur the Great, Stewart was nearly defeated by the extreme, hostile conditions. Only with the help of an unexpected companion and the generosity of the people he met on the way did he survive to report back with unique insight on a region closed to the world by twenty-four years of war. 'With a deft, at time poetic vividness, he describes an awesome landscape . . . His encounters with Afghans are tragic, touching and terrifying – Daily Telegraph Winner of the Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Award and the Spirit of Scotland Award. Shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award, the John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize, and the Scottish Book of the Year Prize. Biographical NoteRory Stewart was born in Hong Kong and grew up in Malaysia. After a brief period in the British army, he joined the Foreign Office, serving in the Embassy in Indonesia and as British Representative in Montenegro, Yugoslavia. In 2002 he completed a 6,000 mile walk from Turkey to Bangladesh. His account of crossing Afghanistan on foot shortly after the US invasion, The Places In Between, was published in 2004, drew widespread acclaim, and was shortlisted for that year's Guardian First Book Award. He was awarded an OBE in 2004 for his work in Iraq. From 2006 to 2008 he lived in Kabul, where he was the Chief Executive of the Turquoise Mountain Foundation; in 2009 he was appointed to a professorial chair at Harvard University as the Ryan Family Professor of Human Rights; and in 2010 he was elected as Member of Parliament for Penrith and the B.