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Best Post-Soviet Asia

The Lost Heart of Asia

by Colin Thubron

Publisher: Vintage Publishing

Paperback ISBN: 9780099459286 1 Apr 2004 196 x 133 x 25 (mm) 270g

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Discover Colin Thubron's journey through Central Asia in the wake of the fall of the Iron Curtain.

Thubron travelled throughout Central Asia following the break-up of the Soviet Union and documented the widespread social upheaval in a region reeling from political change. An inspirational writer, intrepid traveller and insightful observer, he offers an outstanding guide to the history, people and culture of a vast region resonating with history and politics.

'Thubron's journey takes him through a spectacular, talismanic geography of desert and mountain... and he weaves its mysteries with modern images into a dazzling embroidery' The Times