{"product_id":"places-in-between","title":"Places in Between","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003ePlaces in Between\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eRory Stewart\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780156031561\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eMariner Books\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2006\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e299\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition: \u003c\/b\u003eUsed Copy\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Bestseller\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A striding, glorious book . . . A flat-out masterpiece . . . \u003cem\u003eThe Places in Between\u003c\/em\u003e is, in very nearly every sense, too good to be true.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e --\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis account of a 36-day walk across Afghanistan, starting just weeks after the fall of the Taliban, is \"stupendous. . . an instant travel classic.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e(\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn January 2002, Rory Stewart walked across Afghanistan, surviving by his wits, his knowledge of Persian dialects and Muslim customs, and the kindness of strangers. By day he passed through mountains covered in nine feet of snow, hamlets burned and emptied by the Taliban, and communities thriving amid the remains of medieval civilizations. By night he slept on villagers' floors, shared their meals, and listened to their stories of the recent and ancient past. Along the way Stewart met heroes and rogues, tribal elders and teenage soldiers, Taliban commanders and foreign-aid workers. He was also adopted by an unexpected companion--a retired fighting mastiff he named Babur in honor of Afghanistan's first Mughal emperor, in whose footsteps the pair was following.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough these encounters--by turns touching, confounding, surprising, and funny--Stewart makes tangible the forces of tradition, ideology, and allegiance that shape life in the map's countless places in between.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Places in Between | Rory Stewart | Paperback | 9780156031561 | Used: Like New | Travelogues 1571973","offer_id":48367996043416,"sku":"1571973","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/71MnCnnGiCL.jpg?v=1771956530","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/places-in-between","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}