The Road to Oxiana

'What Ulysses is to the novel between the wars and what The Waste Land is to poetry, The Road to Oxiana is to the travel book.' Paul Fussell, Abroad

Informationen zum Autor Robert Byron Klappentext A great classic of travel writing, with an introduction by Bruce Chatwin, now in a new Vintage Classics edition. Zusammenfassung In 1933, the delightfully eccentric Robert Byron set out on a journey through the Middle East via Beirut, Jerusalem, Baghdad and Teheran to Oxiana. This title presents a record of his adventures and an account of the architectural treasures of a region.

Préface
'What Ulysses is to the novel between the wars and what The Waste Land is to poetry, The Road to Oxiana is to the travel book.' Paul Fussell, Abroad

Auteur

Robert Byron

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A great classic of travel writing, with an introduction by Bruce Chatwin, now in a new Vintage Classics edition.

Résumé
In 1933, the delightfully eccentric Robert Byron set out on a journey through the Middle East via Beirut, Jerusalem, Baghdad and Teheran to Oxiana. This title presents a record of his adventures and an account of the architectural treasures of a region.