The Carpet Wars

Christopher Kremmer (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

384 Seiten

2003 | New edition
Flamingo (Verlag)
978-0-00-714240-8 (ISBN)

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A personal odyssey through war, friendship and craftsmanship along the old Silk Route, this is a travel book that illuminates the contemporary story of south west Asia. In 1990, Christopher Kremmer arrived in Afghanistan to interview the doomed communist president, Dr Najibullah as rampaging factions of mujahideen massed on the outskirts of Kabul. He found himself intrigued by the politics and culture of the land, and his book provides revealing, often first-hand portraits of warlords such as Ahmad Shah Masood, "the Lion of Panjsher", of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and of Pakistan's President, General Pervez Musharraf. The real stories of the lands of the ancient Silk Route, however, are accessed through Kremmer's obsession with the carpets of the region. Initiated into the wonders of the craft through the stunning classic design and pomegranate dyes of the filpai or Elephant's Foot in Dr Najibullah's office, Kremmer is hooked, and thus tells the tales of his lasting friendships with nomads on portable handlooms to managers of mechanised production units to the merchants in the souks and bazaars.

Born in Sydney in 1958, Christopher Kremmer has spent the past decade exploring Asia nad writing about it for print and broadcast media. His award-winning first book, Stalking the Elephant Kings, unearthed the skeletons of communist rule in Indochina. He lives in Sydney.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	22.4.2003
Zusatzinfo	Illustrations, map
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	130 x 197 mm
Gewicht	394 g
Themenwelt	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Naher Osten
	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Asien
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	0-00-714240-4 / 0007142404
ISBN-13	978-0-00-714240-8 / 9780007142408
Zustand	Neuware