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The border : a journey around Russia : through North Korea, China, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Poland, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Norway, and the Northeast Passage / Erika Fatland ; translated from the Norwegian by Kari Dickson.
Imperial, communist or autocratic, Russia has been--and remains--a towering and intimidating neighbour. Whether it is North Korea in the Far East through the former Soviet republics in Asia and the Caucasus, or countries on the Caspian Ocean and the Black Sea. What would it be like to traverse the entirety of the Russian periphery to examine its effects on those closest to her? An astute and brilliant combination of lyric travel writing and modern history, The Border is a book about Russia without its author ever entering Russia itself. Fatland gets to the heart of what it has meant to be the neighbour of that mighty, expanding empire throughout history. As we follow Fatland on her journey, we experience the colourful, exciting, tragic and often unbelievable histories of these bordering nations along with their cultures, their people, their landscapes. Sharply observed and wholly absorbing, The Border is a surprising new way to understand a broad part our world.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781643139494 (trade paperback)
- Physical Description: 611 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : colour illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
- Edition: First Pegasus Books paperback edition.
- Publisher: New York : Pegasus Books, 2022.
- Copyright: ©2020
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Translation of: Grensen. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | The ocean -- Asia -- The Caucasus -- Europe -- Brief outline of the history of Russia. |
| Language Note: | In English, translated from the Norwegian. |
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| Genre: | Travel writing. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| 250 | . | ‡aFirst Pegasus Books paperback edition. | |
| 264 | 1. | ‡aNew York : ‡bPegasus Books, ‡c2022. | |
| 264 | 4. | ‡c©2020 | |
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