Rory Stewart

The Places In Between

Buch

'An astonishing achievement: a unique journey of great courage' Colin ThubronWinner 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.Rory Stewart's moving account of his walk across Afghanistan in January 2002 was immediately hailed as a classic. 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 E… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-4472-7106-2
EAN: 9781447271062
Produktnummer: 15943345
Verlag: Pan macmillan Ltd.
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
Seitenangabe: 336 S.
Ausstattung: B-Format Paperback
Masse: H19.7 cm x B13.0 cm x D2.4 cm 296 g
Gewicht: 296
Sonstiges: Ab 18 J.

Über den Autor

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.