Far and Away: How Travel Can Change the World

Far and Away: How Travel Can Change the World

From the winner of the National Book Award and the National Books Criticsâ€™ Circle Awardâ€”and one of the most original thinkers of our timeâ€”â€œAndrew Solomonâ€™s magisterial Far and Away collects a quarter-century of soul-shaking essaysâ€ (Vanity Fair).

Far and Away chronicles Andrew Solomonâ€™s writings about places undergoing seismic shiftsâ€”political, cultural, and spiritual. From his stint on the barricades in Moscow in 1991, when he joined artists in resisting the coup whose failure ended the Soviet Union, his 2002 account of the rebirth of culture in Afghanistan following the fall of the Taliban, his insightful appraisal of a Myanmar seeped in contradictions as it slowly, fitfully pushes toward freedom, and many other stories of profound upheaval, this book provides a unique window onto the very idea of social change. With his signature brilliance and compassion, Solomon demonstrates both how history is altered by individuals, and how personal identities are altered when governments alter.

A journalist and essayist of remarkable perception and prescience, Solomon captures the essence of these cultures. Ranging across seven continents and twenty-five years, these â€œmeaty dispatchesâ€¦are brilliant geopolitical travelogues that also comprise a very personal and reflective resume of the National Book Award winnerâ€™s globe-trotting adventuresâ€ (Elle). Far and Away takes a magnificent journey into the heart of extraordinarily diverse experiences: â€œYou will not only know the world better after having seen it through Solomonâ€™s eyes, you will also care about it moreâ€ (Elizabeth Gilbert).
Country USA
Brand Scribner
Manufacturer Scribner
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781476795058
ReleaseDate 2017-05-23
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781476795058

Country	USA
Brand	Scribner
Manufacturer	Scribner
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9781476795058
ReleaseDate	2017-05-23
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781476795058

Far and Away: How Travel Can Change the World

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