Author: WILLEMSEN, ROGER
Title: An Afghan Journey / Roger Willemsen ; Translated by Stefan Tobler ; Photographs by Christian Irrgang
Description: London : Haus 2007. First Edition. 'I ask a nomad boy: why do you have a green spot on the bridge of your nose? So they can find me again'. he replies. 'And where do you think I come from? ' 'From China.' 'Hello. Minister. what's your matter? ' another one asks me. And I say: 'No matter.' 'So what are you doing? 'Just visiting'. I reply. He turns to his friend and shouts: 'Look. first tourist'. And of course. he was right. I thought: mine is the view of a first tourist. Only a few months after a 25-year-long war ended in Afghanistan. Roger Willemsen accompanied a friend on her journey home: from Kabul to Kunduz. through the legendary steppe to the river Oxus. the boundary to Tadzhikistan. This is his journal of adventurous travels in an awakening country. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new.; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 220 pages; Physical desc. : 220 p. : col. ill. col. ports. ; 22 cm. Translated from the German. Subject: Willemsen. Roger. 1955- --Travel - Afghanistan --Description and travel. TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues. TRAVEL / Middle East / General.Weight in Kg appr.:

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