The Places In Between - medicalbooks.filipinodoctors.org

Show more pictures

The Places In Between

Brand: Harper Perennial
Manufacturer: Mariner Books
ISBN 0156031566
EAN: 9780156031561
Category: Paperback (Asia)
List Price: $18.99
Price: $10.49  (Customer Reviews)
You Save: $8.50 (45%)
Dimension: 0.84 x 8.00 x 5.40 inches
Shipping Wt: 0.75 pounds. FREE Shipping (Details)
Availability: In Stock
Buy From Amazon

Product Description

In January 2002 Rory Stewart walked across Afghanistan-surviving by his wits, his knowledge of Persian dialects and Muslim customs, and the kindness of strangers. By day he passed through mountains covered in nine feet of snow, hamlets burned and emptied by the Taliban, and communities thriving amid the remains of medieval civilizations. By night he slept on villagers' floors, shared their meals, and listened to their stories of the recent and ancient past. Along the way Stewart met heroes and rogues, tribal elders and teenage soldiers, Taliban commanders and foreign-aid workers. He was also adopted by an unexpected companion-a retired fighting mastiff he named Babur in honor of Afghanistan's first Mughal emperor, in whose footsteps the pair was following.

Through these encounters-by turns touching, con-founding, surprising, and funny-Stewart makes tangible the forces of tradition, ideology, and allegiance that shape life in the map's countless places in between.

Buy From Amazon

Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought




*If this is not the "The Places In Between" product you were looking for, you can check the other results by clicking this link.  Details were last updated on Nov 6, 2024 00:05 +08.