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A Lady Cyclist´s Guide to Kashgar
Suzanne Joinson
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Description for A Lady Cyclist´s Guide to Kashgar
Paperback. An extraordinary story of inheritance, belonging and the stories that bind us to our past, set in modern-day London and 1920s Kashgar Num Pages: 384 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 264. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
It is 1923 and Evangeline English, keen lady cyclist, arrives with her sister Lizzie and their zealous leader Millicent at the ancient city of Kashgar to establish a mission. As they encounter resistance and calamity, Eva commences work on her Lady Cyclist's Guide to Kashgar... In present-day London, Frieda opens her door to find a man sleeping on the landing. Tayeb, a Yemeni refugee, has arrived in Frieda's life just as she learns that she is next-of-kin to a stranger, a woman whose abandoned flat contains many surprises. The two wanderers embark on a journey ... Read more
It is 1923 and Evangeline English, keen lady cyclist, arrives with her sister Lizzie and their zealous leader Millicent at the ancient city of Kashgar to establish a mission. As they encounter resistance and calamity, Eva commences work on her Lady Cyclist's Guide to Kashgar... In present-day London, Frieda opens her door to find a man sleeping on the landing. Tayeb, a Yemeni refugee, has arrived in Frieda's life just as she learns that she is next-of-kin to a stranger, a woman whose abandoned flat contains many surprises. The two wanderers embark on a journey ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781408830918
SKU
KRA0011103
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Suzanne Joinson
Suzanne Joinson works in the literature department of the British Council, and regularly travels widely across the Middle East, North Africa, China and Europe. In 2007 she won the New Writing Ventures Award for Creative Non-Fiction for 'Laila Ahmed'. She is studying for a PhD in Creative Writing at Goldsmiths, University of London, and lives by the sea on the ... Read more
Reviews for A Lady Cyclist´s Guide to Kashgar
A sprightly, engaging and lovingly written book
Guardian
An enthralling tale, packed with vivid impressions and full of surprises
Metro
Bold and elegant ... An ambitious, accomplished debut
Daily Mail
Thrilling and densely plotted ... an impressive debut, its prose as lucid and deep as a mountain lake
New York Times
A ... Read more
Guardian
An enthralling tale, packed with vivid impressions and full of surprises
Metro
Bold and elegant ... An ambitious, accomplished debut
Daily Mail
Thrilling and densely plotted ... an impressive debut, its prose as lucid and deep as a mountain lake
New York Times
A ... Read more