{"product_id":"9780857057785-the-border-a-journey-around-russia","title":"The Border - A Journey Around Russia","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE STANFORD DOLMAN TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA journey along the seemingly endless Russian border - from North Korea in the Far East through Russia's bordering states in Asia and the Caucasus, crossing the Caspian Ocean and the Black Sea along the way.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Erika Fatland [is] shaping up to be one of the Nordics' most exciting new travel writers\" \u003ci\u003eNational Geographic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**SHORTLISTED FOR THE STANFORDS DOLMAN TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A hauntingly lyrical meditation to the contingencies of history\"\u003ci\u003e Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"[An] impressive mix of history, reportage and travel memoir\" \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Border\u003c\/i\u003e is a book about Russia and Russian history without its author ever entering Russia itself; a book about being the neighbour of that mighty, expanding empire throughout history. It is a chronicle of the colourful, exciting, tragic and often unbelievable histories of these bordering nations, their cultures, their people, their landscapes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough her last three documentary books - one about terrorism in Beslan, one about the 2011 terror attacks in Norway and one about post-Soviet Central Asia - social anthropologist Erika Fatland has established herself as a sharp observer and an outstanding interviewer at the forefront of Nordic non-fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated from the Norwegian by Kari Dickson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40950006579297,"sku":"9780857057785","price":14.04,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_35844860_228b25ab-6d38-4497-b519-736429122d93.jpg?v=1756338927","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780857057785-the-border-a-journey-around-russia","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}