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Cargando... On Foot to the Golden Horn: A Walk to Istanbulpor Jason Goodwin
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"On Foot to the Golden Horn" recounts Jason Goodwin's breathtaking journey with two companions through Eastern Europe from the dikes and marshes of Poland's Baltic coast across to the Golden Horn in Istanbul. Along the way, they sleep in haystacks, drink with Gypsies, and play with Ceaucescu's orphans, meeting with blatant hostility and overwhelming hospitality as an older Europe tries to settle with itself, and a new one struggles to be born. It is the story of three friends'walk through some of the world's most beautiful and tragic places, and of their encounters with a varied and vivid cast of characters. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Google Books — Cargando... GénerosSistema Decimal Melvil (DDC)915History and Geography Geography and Travel Geography of and travel in AsiaClasificación de la Biblioteca del CongresoValoraciónPromedio:
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> Un grand récit de voyage, par un voyageur qui sait voir et écouter, qui sait raconter, et qui suit les traces (géographiques et littéraires) de Patrick Leigh Fermor, qui est passé par ici une cinquantaine d'années plus tôt.
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