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In Search of Kazakhstan
Christopher Robbins
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Description for In Search of Kazakhstan
Paperback. Kazakhstan is the most surprising country on earth, and certainly one of the most tolerant. The only thing most people know about Kazakhstan is that it is homeland to Borat - and he isn't even real. Num Pages: 304 pages, maps & illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FCZ; HBJF; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 248.
The only thing most people know about Kazakhstan is that it is homeland to Borat - and he isn't even real. Actually this vast place - the last unknown inhabited country in the world - is far more surprising and entertaining. For one thing, it is as varied as Europe, combining stupendous wealth, grinding poverty, exotic traditions and a mad dash for modernity. Crisscrossing a vanished land, Christopher Robbins finds Eminem by a shrinking Aral Sea, goes eagle-hunting, visits the scene of Dostoyevsky's doomed first love, takes up residence beside one-time neighbour Leon Trotsky and visits some ... Read more
The only thing most people know about Kazakhstan is that it is homeland to Borat - and he isn't even real. Actually this vast place - the last unknown inhabited country in the world - is far more surprising and entertaining. For one thing, it is as varied as Europe, combining stupendous wealth, grinding poverty, exotic traditions and a mad dash for modernity. Crisscrossing a vanished land, Christopher Robbins finds Eminem by a shrinking Aral Sea, goes eagle-hunting, visits the scene of Dostoyevsky's doomed first love, takes up residence beside one-time neighbour Leon Trotsky and visits some ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Profile Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781861971098
SKU
V9781861971098
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50
About Christopher Robbins
Christopher Robbins is the author of five non-fiction books, including the award-winning The Empress of Ireland. He became intrigued by Kazakhstan sitting on an aeroplane next to an American from Arkansas on his way there to collect an Internet bride.
Reviews for In Search of Kazakhstan
...extremely entertaining and informative...hilarious.
Daily Telegraph
cracking tale...both hysterically funny and surprisingly moving...you will savour every page.
News of the World Discovers a misunderstood and changing land ... a superlative addition to the literature of travel.
Observer
Extremely entertaining and informative ... hilarious.
Independent
... an entertaining and chatty guide to a country ... Read more
Daily Telegraph
cracking tale...both hysterically funny and surprisingly moving...you will savour every page.
News of the World Discovers a misunderstood and changing land ... a superlative addition to the literature of travel.
Observer
Extremely entertaining and informative ... hilarious.
Independent
... an entertaining and chatty guide to a country ... Read more