The Places in Between by Stewart, Rory
The Places in Between by Stewart, Rory

The Places in Between

A New York Times Bestseller"A striding, glorious book . . . A flat-out masterpiece . . ....
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The Places in Between by Stewart, Rory

The Places in Between

$29.31
The Places in Between by Stewart, Rory

The Places in Between

$29.31
Author: Rory Stewart
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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A New York Times Bestseller

"A striding, glorious book . . . A flat-out masterpiece . . . The Places in Between is, in very nearly every sense, too good to be true." --New York Times Book Review

This account of a 36-day walk across Afghanistan, starting just weeks after the fall of the Taliban, is "stupendous. . . an instant travel classic." (Entertainment Weekly)

In January 2002, Rory Stewart walked across Afghanistan, surviving by his wits, his knowledge of Persian dialects and Muslim customs, and the kindness of strangers. By day he passed through mountains covered in nine feet of snow, hamlets burned and emptied by the Taliban, and communities thriving amid the remains of medieval civilizations. By night he slept on villagers' floors, shared their meals, and listened to their stories of the recent and ancient past. Along the way Stewart met heroes and rogues, tribal elders and teenage soldiers, Taliban commanders and foreign-aid workers. He was also adopted by an unexpected companion--a retired fighting mastiff he named Babur in honor of Afghanistan's first Mughal emperor, in whose footsteps the pair was following.

Through these encounters--by turns touching, confounding, surprising, and funny--Stewart makes tangible the forces of tradition, ideology, and allegiance that shape life in the map's countless places in between.



Author: Rory Stewart
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 05/08/2006
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.40w x 0.84d
ISBN: 9780156031561
Audience: Young Adult


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 02/13/2006 pg. 72
Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2006 pg. 224
Library Journal 04/15/2006 pg. 97
Booklist 04/15/2006 pg. 22
New York Times 06/11/2006 pg. 1
People Weekly 10/16/2006 pg. 55
Reference and Research Bk News 11/01/2006 pg. 55
Entertainment Weekly 12/29/2006 pg. 137

About the Author
Stewart, Rory: - RORY STEWART is the best-selling author of The Places in Between and The Prince of the Marshes. A former director of the Carr Centre for Human Rights Policy and Ryan Professor of Human Rights at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, he was awarded the Order of the British Empire for services in Iraq. He is the Conservative member of Parliament for Penrith and The Border, a constituency in Northern Cumbria, where he lives with his wife.
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