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 is the author of two previous novels, Elmet and Hot Stew. She is the winner of a Somerset Maugham Award and the Polari Prize, and has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize, the Ondaatje Prize and the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award. She was longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize and the Women's Prize. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and lives in Edinburgh.

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, Ella K Maillart
• Assisted by: Fiona Mozley (Introduction)
• Publisher: John Murray
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 08.07.2021
• Subject: Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales
• EAN: 9781529379785
• ISBN: 978-1-5293-7978-5
• Pages: 320
• Dimensions (packing): 12.6 x 20 x 2.6 cm
• Series: Overcoming Books
• Subjects: TRAVEL / Asia / Central, Central Asia, TRAVEL / Special Interest / LGBT, TRAVEL / Special Interest / LGBTQ+, war, WW2, Second World War, Geneva, Kabul, Afghanistan, Iran, Europe, Ford motorcar, travel, travelogue, travel narrative, travel literature, journey, adventure, women travellers, female relationship, lesbian, romance, Ella Maillart, Annemarie Schwarzenback