The Amur River - Between Russia and China

Colin Thubron is an acknowledged master of travel writing, and the winner of many prizes and awards. His first writing was about the Middle East - Damascus, Lebanon and Cyprus. In 1982 he travelled into the Soviet Union in an ancient Morris Marina, pursued by the KGB, a journey he recorded in Among the Russians . From these early experiences developed his classic travel books: Behind the Wall (winner of the Hawthornden Prize and the Thomas Cook Travel Award), The Lost Heart of Asia , In Siberia (Prix Bouvier) and Shadow of the Silk Road. His most recent book is To a Mountain in Tibet (all available in Vintage). Colin Thubron was President of the Royal Society of Literature from 2010 to 2017.>

Product details

• Authors: Colin Thubron
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 15.09.2022
• EAN: 9781529110890
• ISBN: 978-1-5291-1089-0
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 197 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales > Asia; China, Russia, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, TRAVEL / Russia, NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / Rivers, Mongolia, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social and cultural anthropology, Rivers and lakes, Siberia, Asia: rivers, lakes etc