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'Colin Thubron's voice is unique: once heard, difficult to forget' Anita Brookner
Colin Thubron is the author of several classic masterpieces of travel writing, including Among the Russians, The Lost Heart of Asia and In Siberia. His fiction titles include A Cruel Madness (winner of the 1985 Silver Pen Award), Falling, Distance, Emperor, Turning Back the Sun and To the Last City.
'An astonishingly imaginative recreation' Jan Morris, The Times
'As compelling as a thriller-Mr Thubron has hit that most disturbing target, the target of imaginative truth' Nina Bawden, Daily Telegraph
Colin Thubron has been described as 'one of the two or three best living travel writers, in some ways probably the best' Independent. His new book is a masterpiece. Written in lovely prose, it displays ...
A fascinating travel book by one of the most magical writers of his generation.
A highly wrought, tautly written, thought-provoking novel exploring the human mind and the human memory..
'I would rather read Colin Thubron than any other travel writer alive on central Asia' John Simpson, Daily Telegraph
'A magnificent achievement' Nikolai Tolstoy, The Times
Winner of the Hawthornden Prize and the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award