The Places in Between

Critics

• A Walk Across Afghanistan

  PITY the contemporary travel writer: routinely viewed as a kind of overstuffed guidebook author, struggling to explain exactly what he or she does. Specialists pounce on the tiniest "mistakes," and ideologues condemn the whole enterprise as coloniali ... (read full critics)

  nytimes published on Sat, 18 Sep 2010

• One man and his dog

  Six weeks after the defeat of the Taleban Rory Stewart started to walk across Afghanistan. He took the direct route through the central mountains from Herat to Kabul when there was still deep snow on the paths and ice cracking underfoot. The chances ... (read full critics)

  spectator published on Fri, 17 Sep 2010

2 Reviews

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  Astonishing

  Compelling and intriguing narrative of Stewart's trek across Afghanistan. Powerful descriptions of the landscape, the people he meets, and the impact on person and intellect walking alone for 100s of miles - with dog - in a foreign land.

  Recommended.

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  Ian Hodgson said on May 8, 2011 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  Rory Stewart is a true eccentric. But his book about his walk from Herat to Kabul just after the Americans threw over the Taliban regime is a great read. It is not "Mad dogs and Englishmen" but one mad Englishman and a dog he picked up somewhere along the road.
  I loved his description of the Afghan ... (continue)

  Rory Stewart is a true eccentric. But his book about his walk from Herat to Kabul just after the Americans threw over the Taliban regime is a great read. It is not "Mad dogs and Englishmen" but one mad Englishman and a dog he picked up somewhere along the road.
  I loved his description of the Afghan history, his encounters with the people (not always a success) and the landscape.
  A very rewarding book.

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  Linda Wilke said on Jan 12, 2010 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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• English Books
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• ISBN-10: 1428116702
• ISBN-13: 9781428116702
• Publisher: Recorded Books
• Pub date: Aug 01, 2006
• Also available as: Paperback, Hardcover and eBook

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