The Cruel Way

An epic journey by Ford motorcar from Geneva to Kabul and the story of a relationship. A John Murray Journey.

About the author

Ella Maillart (1903-1997) was a Swiss writer, adventurer and sportswoman who travelled extensively throughout Asia, including a 3,500-mile journey from Peking to Srinagar with Peter Fleming. Her travels and journalism covered the USSR, Central Asia, China and the Near East. She was also an Olympic sailor, champion hockey player and international skier.Fiona Mozley grew up in York and lives in Edinburgh. Her first novel, Elmet, won a Somerset Maugham Award and the Polari Prize. It was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and the Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize, and longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction, the Dublin Literary Award and the International Dylan Thomas Prize. In 2018 Fiona Mozley was shortlisted for the Sunday Times/PFD Young Writer of the Year Award.

Summary

An epic journey by Ford motorcar from Geneva to Kabul and the story of a relationship. A John Murray Journey.

Product details

• Authors: Ella K Maillart
• Assisted by: Fiona Mozley (Introduction)
• Publisher: John Murray
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 08.07.2021
• EAN: 9781529379785
• ISBN: 978-1-5293-7978-5
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 126 mm x 200 mm x 26 mm
• Series: Overcoming Books
• Subjects: Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales; Central Asia, TRAVEL / Special Interest / LGBT