An Unexpected Light, Travels in Afghanistanwas greeted on publication by universal critical acclaim and is now widely acknowledged as the most influential contemporary work of Afghanistan. Written on the eve of 9/11, at the height of Afghanistan's isolation from the world, Jason Elliot's uncannily prescient account of his winter journey through the country torn by civil war is as pertinent today as it was then.
Winner of the Thomas Cook/Daily TelegraphTravel Book Award in the UK and aNew York TimesBestseller in the USA, it recounts the author's daring and passionate investigation into an extraordinary culture, first as a clandestine guest of the mujaheddin during the Soviet occupation, and ten years later during the Tlebn advance on the besieged capital, Kabul.
This new edition ofAn Unexpected Lightis illustrated with the author's photographs and celebrates a classic work of travel literature.
âJason Elliot is that rare traveller who surrenders himself to people and places and this tale is a many-layered reconstruction of his experience... I am sure this book will soon be among the classics of travelâ
DORIS LESSING
âAn Unexpected Lightis often unexpectedly funny and constantly perceptive, but it is also profoundâNew York Times
âWhat raises the book to the level of a classic is its intensely personal meditation on the magic of unplanned adventure, of the pain and pleasure of pushing into the unknown. The whole book, like Elliot's travels themselves, operated on this heightened levelâThe Times
Categories:
- Travel
- Asia
- General
- Asia
Publisher : Pan MacMillan
Author : Elliot, Jason
Language : English
Edition : First Edition
Published :2000-09-08
Number Of Pages : 496
Binding : paperback
ISBN-10 : 0330371622
ISBN-13 : 9780330371629
Item weight : 0.75 lb
Dimensions : 1.26 in x 5.12 in x 7.4 in
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