{"product_id":"the-road-to-oxiana","title":"The Road to Oxiana","description":"In 1933, the delightfully eccentric travel writer Robert Byron set out on a journey through the Middle East via Beirut, Jerusalem, Baghdad and Teheran to Oxiana, near the border between Afghanistan and the Soviet Union. Throughout, he kept a thoroughly captivating record of his encounters, discoveries, and frequent misadventures. His story would become a best-selling travel book throughout the English-speaking world, until the acclaim died down and it was gradually forgotten. When Paul Fussell published his own book \u003cem\u003eAbroad\u003c\/em\u003e, in 1982, he wrote that \u003cem\u003eThe Road to Oxiana\u003c\/em\u003e is to the travel book what \"\u003cem\u003eUlysses\u003c\/em\u003e is to the novel between the wars, and what \u003cem\u003eThe Waste Land\u003c\/em\u003e is to poetry.\" His statements revived the public's interest in the book, and for the first time, it was widely available in American bookstores. Now this long-overdue reprint will introduce it to a whole new generation of readers. This edition features a new introduction by Rory Stewart, best known for his book \u003cem\u003eThe Places In Between\u003c\/em\u003e, about his extensive travels in Afghanistan.\u003cbr\u003e Today, in addition to its entertainment value, \u003cem\u003eThe Road to Oxiana\u003c\/em\u003e also serves as a rare account of the architectural treasures of a region now inaccessible to most Western travelers, and a nostalgic look back at a more innocent time.","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47994738639037,"sku":"BS-TC0-325607","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0771\/9767\/2637\/files\/9780195325607-HD.jpg?v=1786737957","url":"https:\/\/boundigo.com\/products\/the-road-to-oxiana","provider":"Boundigo Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}