Places in Between

Sobre el libro Places in Between de Rory Stewart publicado por Penguin Books en 2025:

Winner of the RSL Ondaatje PrizeShortlisted for The Guardian First Book Award´A striding, glorious book . . . A flatout masterpiece´ New York Times Book ReviewCaught between hostile nations, warring factions and competing ideologies, Afghanistan was in turmoil following the US invasion. Travelling entirely on foot and following the inaccessible mountainous route once taken by the Mogul Emperor, Babur the Great, Rory Stewart was nearly defeated by the extreme, hostile conditions.Only with the help of an unexpected companion and the generosity of the people he met on the way did he survive to report back on his journey with unique insight on a region closed to the world by twentyfour years of war. ‘This evocative book feels like a longlost relic of the great age of exploration’ Guardian