Far and Away - How Travel Can Change the World

In 1991 Andrew Solomon faced down tanks in Moscow with a band of Russian artists protesting the August coup. We find him on the quest for a rare bird in Zambia in 1998, and in Greenland in 2001 researching widespread depression among the Inuit. In 2002 he was in Afghanistan for the fall of the Taliban. He was brought in for questioning in Qaddafi's Libya in 2006. In 2014 he travelled to Myanmar to meet ex-political prisoners as the country fitfully pushed towards freedom. Far and Away tells these and many other stories. With his signature compassion, Solomon demonstrates both how history is altered by individuals, and how personal identities shift when governments change.A journalist and essayist of remarkable perception and prescience, Solomon chronicles a life's travels to the nexus of hope, courage, and the uncertainty of lived experience and tracks seismic shifts - cultural, political and spiritual. He takes us on a magnificent journey into the heart of extraordinarily diverse experiences via intimate, deeply moving stories that reveal and revel in our common humanity.

Riassunto

Demonstrates how history is altered by individuals, and how personal identities shift when governments change. In this book, the author takes us on a journey into the heart of extraordinarily diverse experiences via intimate, deeply moving stories that reveal and revel in our common humanity.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Andrew Solomon
• Editore: Vintage UK
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 19.10.2017
• EAN: 9781784700720
• ISBN: 978-1-78470-072-0
• Pagine: 640
• Dimensioni: 135 mm x 216 mm x 45 mm
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi > Saggi, articoli culturali, critica letteraria, interviste; Saggistica > Psicologia, esoterismo, spiritualità, antroposofia > Psicologia applicata; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Psicologia; Viaggi > Reportage di viaggio, racconti di viaggio > Mondo, Artide, Antartide; Psychologie, Welt, Reiseberichte, Reiseliteratur, Englische Bücher / Reise / Welt gesamt, Pole, Welt / Reisebeschreibung