THE ROAD TO OXIANA
Paperback
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In 1933, Robert Byron set out on a journey through the Middle East via Beirut, Jerusalem, Baghdad, and Teheran to Oxiana—the country of the Oxus, the ancient name for the river Amu Darya which forms part of the border between Afghanistan and the Soviet Union.
His arrival at his destination, the legendary tower of Qabus, is not nearly as amazing as the record of his adventures. Byron’s book is not so much a travel narrative as an amalgamation of newspaper clippings, public signs and notices, official forms, letters, diary entries, essays on politics, lyric passages, historical and archaeological dissertations, and at least twenty comic dialogs complete with stage directions.
This title is part of the series: THE MIDDLE EAST TRAVEL LIBRARY
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
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| Pages | 291 |
| Grade | 9 and up |
| ISBN | 9780195325607 |