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ON THE OTHER SIDE: A JOURNEY THROUGH SOVIET CENTRAL ASIA
Moorhouse, Geoffrey
1991 900323 From Publishers Weekly In this superb travel narrative, British author Moorhouse ( Calcutta ) recounts his seven-week, National Geographic Society-sponsored trek in 1983 across the U.S.S.R.'s steppes, deserts and mountains, a vast expanse in which ancient and modern, Eastern and Western cultures incongruously mingle even in remote villages--with chaste folk dances and disco performed side by side. A command of history and an indefatigable curiosity animate the author's elegant, evocative prose, rich but never pedantically dense with detail. Engrossing as well are chapters on Genghis Khan, a visit to a greenhouse collective located in a women's prison, and tours of the fabled cities of Bukhara and Samarkand. Moorhouse, whose trip was made easier by glasnost , argues that Gorbachev's obstacles to reform are due less to ethnic and local independence movements than to the people's "stupefying inertia," engendered by 70 years of communism. Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Library Journal Most travel books for the Soviet Union pass lightly, if at all, over the vast expanse of Soviet Central Asia that serves as a bridge between Asia and Europe. Royal Geographic Society Fellow Moorhouse has long been interested in this predominantly Muslim region, and his earlier book To the Frontier ( LJ 2/15/85) established him as an authority on this part of the world. Whether describing Genghis Khan's exploits or ruminating on the variations found in the ubiquitous Lenin statues he encounters, he displays a fine grasp of history along with an ability to entertain. Such cities as Tashkent, Samarkand, and Bukhara come to life as a result of his fine prose. With the opening of the Soviet Union, this region will surely attract more tourists. First published in Britain as Apples in the Snow in 1990. Henry Holt & Co 0-8050-1229-X / 9780805012293
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On the Other Side: A Journey Through Soviet Central Asia
Moorhouse, Geoffrey
1991 10015103 In this superb travel narrative, British author Moorhouse ( Calcutta ) recounts his seven-week, National Geographic Society-sponsored trek in 1983 across the U.S.S.R.'s steppes, deserts and mountains, a vast expanse in which ancient and modern, Eastern and Western cultures incongruously mingle even in remote villages--with chaste folk dances and disco performed side by side. A command of history and an indefatigable curiosity animate the author's elegant, evocative prose, rich but never pedantically dense with detail. Engrossing as well are chapters on Genghis Khan, a visit to a greenhouse collective located in a women's prison, and tours of the fabled cities of Bukhara and Samarkand. Moorhouse, whose trip was made easier by glasnost , argues that Gorbachev's obstacles to reform are due less to ethnic and local independence movements than to the people's "stupefying inertia," engendered by 70 years of communism. "Most travel books for the Soviet Union pass lightly, if at all, over the vast expanse of Soviet Central Asia that serves as a bridge between Asia and Europe. Royal Geographic Society Fellow Moorhouse has long been interested in this predominantly Muslim region, and his earlier book 'To the Frontier' established him as an authority on this part of the world. Whether describing Genghis Khan's exploits or ruminating on the variations found in the ubiquitous Lenin statues he encounters, he displays a fine grasp of history along with an ability to entertain. Such cities as Tashkent, Samarkand, and Bukhara come to life as a result of his fine prose. With the opening of the Soviet Union, this region will surely attract more tourists. First published in Britain as Apples in the Snow in 1990. Henry Holt & Co 080501229X / 9780805012293
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