| Description |
296 pages : illustrations, map ; 19 cm |
| Note |
Previously published under the title In search of Kazakhstan (London : Profile Books, 2007). |
| Contents |
Apples are from Kazakhstan--My neighbor, Trotsky--National treasures--City of the plain and the vanishing sea--The explorer, the beatle and new money--Love and death in Old Semipalatinsk--Pickled tomatoes from the Gulag--The howling of wolves. |
| Summary |
Travel writer Christopher Robbins relates a story by turns hilarious and grim as he finds Eminem-worship by a shrinking Aral Sea, hears the Kazakh John Lennon play in a dusty desert town, joins nomads hunting eagles, eats boiled sheep's head (a delicacy), and explores some of the most beautiful, unspoiled places on earth. Meet the country that gave the world apples, trousers, and possibly King Arthur. --From amazon.com. |
| Subject |
Robbins, Christopher, 1946-2012 -- Travel.
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Kazakhstan -- Description and travel.
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| Added Title |
In search of Kazakhstan
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| ISBN |
0977743381 |
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9780977743384 |
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