{"product_id":"0330371622-an_unexpected_light_travels_in_afghanistan","title":"An Unexpected Light: Travels in Afghanistan","description":"\n\n\u003cp\u003eAn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis new edition ofAn Unexpected Lightis illustrated with the author's photographs and celebrates a classic work of travel literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eâJason 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\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDORIS LESSING\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eâAn Unexpected Lightis often unexpectedly funny and constantly perceptive, but it is also profoundâNew York Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eâWhat 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\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCategories:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTravel\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAsia\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eGeneral\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n","brand":"Pan MacMillan","offers":[{"title":"Used - Good","offer_id":47566176551102,"sku":"0330371622-4","price":15.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/9689\/5166\/files\/718WCvDA7bL.jpg?v=1779464529","url":"https:\/\/shop.sustainablebooks.com\/products\/0330371622-an_unexpected_light_travels_in_afghanistan","provider":"Sustainable Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}