All the roads are open : an Afghan journey ; 1939 - 1940

Reisebericht | Reisebericht 1939-1940

"In June 1939, Annemarie Schwarzenbach and fellow writer Ella Maillart set out from Geneva in a Ford, heading for Afghanistan. This first women to travel Afghanistan's Northern Road, they fled the storm brewing in Europe to seek a place untouched by what they considered to be Western neuroses. The Afghan journey documented in [the book] is one of the most important episodes of Schwarzenbach's turbulent life. Her incisive, lyrical essays offer a unique glimpse of an Aghanistan already touched by the 'fateful laws knows as progress', a remote yet 'sensitive nerve centre of world politics' caught amid great powers in upheaval. In her writings, Schwarzenbach conjures up the desolate beauty of landscapes both internal and external, reflecting on the longings and loneliness of travel as well as its grace. Maillart's account of their trip, The Cruel Way, stands as a classic of travel literature, and now available for the first time in English, Schwarzenbach's memoir rounds out the story of the adventure."--Jkt.

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• ISBN: 9780857420152 ; 0857420151
• Dimensions: 21 cm
• Extent: XVIII, 140 S.
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Literaturangaben

Classification and Topics

• Keyword: Afghanistan ; Hindukusch

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): London, New York, NY, Calcutta
• (who): Seagull Books
• (when): 2011
• Creator: Schwarzenbach, Annemarie
• Contributor: Schwarzenbach, Annemarie

Further information

• Table of contents: https://d-nb.info/1026889022/04
• Rights: Bei diesem Objekt liegt nur das Inhaltsverzeichnis digital vor. Der Zugriff darauf ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Last update: 11.06.2025, 1:38 PM CEST