The Road to Oxiana (English, Paperback, Byron Robert)
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The Road to Oxiana (English, Paperback, Byron Robert)
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- Language: English
- Binding: Paperback
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
- Genre: Travel
- ISBN: 9780141442099, 9780141442099
- Edition: 2007
- Pages: 368
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In 1933 Robert Byron began a journey through the Middle East via Beirut, Jerusalem, Baghdad, and Teheran to Oxiana – the country of the Oxus, the ancient name for the river Amu Darya which forms part of the border between Afghanistan and the Soviet Union. The Road to Oxiana offers not only a wonderful record of his adventures, but also a rare account of the architectural treasures of a region now inaccessible to most Western travelers.
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Like the back cover says the it has been written by a writer of breathtaking prose. The way he describes things and events is truly remarkable. The book can be divided in to two separate sections (mentally of course). The one where Robert Byron describes the buildings and places and the one where he describes people and his interactions with them. Both sections have amazing prose. But the architectural section(major part of the book) is described in such minute detail that after some time the...
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Best in the market!
A great book on travel writing !!!
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