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The Amur River
- Between Russia and China
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 10 hrs and 13 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Brought to you by Penguin.
Shortlisted for the Waterstones Book of the Year 2021
A dramatic and ambitious new journey for our greatest travel writer
The Amur River is almost unknown. Yet it is the 10th longest river in the world, rising in the Mongolian mountains and flowing through Siberia to the Pacific. For 1,100 miles, it forms the tense border between Russia and China. Haunted by the memory of land-grabs and unequal treaties, this is the most densely fortified frontier on Earth.
In his 80th year, Colin Thubron takes a dramatic journey from the Amur's secret source to its giant mouth, covering almost 3,000 miles. Harassed by injury and by arrest from the local police, he makes his way along both the Russian and Chinese shores, starting out by Mongolian horse, then hitchhiking, sailing on poacher's sloops or travelling the Trans-Siberian Express. Having revived his Russian and Mandarin, he talks to everyone he meets, from Chinese traders to Russian fishermen, from monks to indigenous peoples. By the time he reaches the river's desolate end, where Russia's 19th-century imperial dream petered out, a whole pivotal world has come alive.
The Amur River is a shining masterpiece by the acknowledged laureate of travel writing, an urgent lesson in history and the culmination of an astonishing career.
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- Kenneth
- 28-11-2021
Age does not weary him…..
At an age when most people would be taking things easy, Colin Thubron sets out on yet another journey of discovery. For most of us the Amur River is an unknown, but by the end of the book, it has become as familiar as any of the great rivers, probably more so. His background knowledge and his perspicacious observations have not diminished over the years; nor has the quality Jonathan Keeble’s reading of the text. Absorbing and extending.
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- jo squire
- 22-03-2023
Brilliant writing.
So interesting and well written. I'm glad I've discovered this writer! My second book by Colin. Wo be working my way through the rest!
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