Search Results for ‘Turkey’, ‘Travel Writing & Other Literature’, ‘Classic Travel Literature’ - 3 matches found
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| Author: | Nicolas Bouvier |
| Publisher: | Eland |
| Catalogue number: | 156275 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
Part candid description of a road journey, part a meditation on travel, this is the tale of a life-enhancing journey taken in the 1950s from Geneva to the Khyber Pass on very little money. When Nicolas...
| Author: | Irfan Orga |
| Publisher: | Eland |
| Catalogue number: | 110034 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
"Portrait of a Turkish Family" is a masterpiece of memoir writing, justly deserving of it's reprinting here by publishers Eland. Irfan Orga was born into a prosperous family in the twilight of the Ottoman...
The Caravan Moves On - Three Weeks among Turkish Nomads
| Author: | Irfan Orga |
| Publisher: | Eland |
| Catalogue number: | 110035 |
| Availability: | Temporarily out of stock: expected back within 10 days |
In the “Caravan Moves On”, Irfan Orga journeys to the centre of Turkey to stay with the Yürük nomads in the High Taurus mountains.
He learns their traditions, listens to their legends, and lives to...
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