The Places In Between

A vivid account of a death-defying walk across war-torn Afghanistan

Rory Stewart (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

336 Seiten

2004 | Unabridged edition
Picador (Verlag)
978-0-330-48633-0 (ISBN)

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In 2001, Rory Stewart set off from Herat to walk to Kabul via the mountains of Ghor in central Afghanistan. This is literary travel writing, but with a greater element of adventure and danger. It is an account of what it is like to travel painfully and slowly on foot in an alien and hostile landscape.

Rory 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 Border.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	4.6.2004
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	135 x 216 mm
Gewicht	465 g
Themenwelt	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Asien
ISBN-10	0-330-48633-0 / 0330486330
ISBN-13	978-0-330-48633-0 / 9780330486330
Zustand	Neuware