{"product_id":"along-the-trenches-a-journey-through-eastern-europe-to-isfahan-hardback-9781509535569","title":"Along the Trenches; A Journey through Eastern Europe to Isfahan (Hardback) 9781509535569","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAlong the Trenches\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Journey through Eastern Europe to Isfahan\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eNavid Kermani (Author), Tony Crawford (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509535569, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 4 October 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e400 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.9 x 3.1 cm, 0.658 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eAlong the Trenches\u003c\/i\u003e is an important and timely book, reminding us of the complex cultural and communal currents that have always flowed from Isfahan to Cologne and beyond, enriching along the way the lives of everyone they touch.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eJohn Burnside, University of St Andrews\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A book so moving and so powerful that it's worth taking 54 days over it, so that each day you can immerse yourself in a new world.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eKatja Weise, NDR Kultur\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Kermani has succeeded in writing a stirring plea for Europe, one which confirms his place among the ranks of Germany's most influential intellectuals.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eRainer Hermann, \u003ci\u003eFrankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003eA Herodotus for our times.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003ePhilipp Holstein, \u003ci\u003eRheinische Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A breathtaking travel diary and a passionate plea for the diversity of cultures, for Europe and the beauty of stories.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBayrischer Rundfunk\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"On almost every page there is something for the reader to think about, to learn, to marvel at.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTages-Anzeiger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Navid Kermani ... is the best kind of scholar: one who writes with a touch as elegant as it is light.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e—\u003cb\u003eCatholic Herald\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"... revealing and thought-provoking....\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetween Germany and Russia is a region strewn with monuments to the horrors of war, genocide and disaster – the bloodlands where the murderous regimes of Hitler and Stalin unleashed the violence that scarred the twentieth century and shaped so much of the world we know today. In September 2016 the German-Iranian writer Navid Kermani set out to discover this land and to travel along the trenches that are now re-emerging in Europe, from his home in Cologne through eastern Germany to the Baltics, and from there south to the Caucasus and to Isfahan in Iran, the home of his parents.  \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis beautifully written travel diary, enlivened by conversations with the people Kermani meets along the way, brings to life the tragic history of these troubled lands and shows how this history leaves its traces in the present. It will be of great interest to anyone concerned with current affairs and with the events that have shaped, and continue to shape, the world in which we live today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003e Cologne\u003cbr\u003e First Day: Schwerin\u003cbr\u003e Second Day: From Berlin to Wroc aw\u003cbr\u003e Third Day: Auschwitz\u003cbr\u003e Fourth Day: Cracow\u003cbr\u003e Fifth Day: From Cracow to Warsaw\u003cbr\u003e Sixth Day: Warsaw\u003cbr\u003e Seventh Day: Warsaw\u003cbr\u003e Eighth Day: From Warsaw to Masuria\u003cbr\u003e Ninth Day: Kaunas\u003cbr\u003e Tenth Day: Vilnius and Vicinity\u003cbr\u003e Eleventh Day: Via Paneriai to Minsk\u003cbr\u003e Twelfth Day: Minsk and Khatyn\u003cbr\u003e Thirteenth Day: Into the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone\u003cbr\u003e Fourteenth Day: Kurapaty and Minsk\u003cbr\u003e Fifteenth Day: Into the Exclusion Zone East of Krasnapolle\u003cbr\u003e Sixteenth Day: From Minsk to Kiev\u003cbr\u003e Seventeenth Day: Kiev\u003cbr\u003e Eighteenth Day: From Kiev to Dnipro \u003cbr\u003e Nineteenth Day: To the Front in Donbas\u003cbr\u003e Twentieth Day: Via Mariupol to the Black Sea\u003cbr\u003e Twenty-first Day: Along the Black Sea to Odessa\u003cbr\u003e Twenty-second Day: Odessa\u003cbr\u003e Twenty-third Day: Leaving Odessa by Air\u003cbr\u003e Twenty-fourth Day: Via Moscow to Simferopol\u003cbr\u003e Twenty-fifth Day: Via Bakhtshyssarai to Sevastopol\u003cbr\u003e Twenty-sixth Day: Along the Crimean Coast\u003cbr\u003e Twenty-seventh Day: From Crimea to the Russian Mainland\u003cbr\u003e Twenty-eighth Day: To Krasnodar\u003cbr\u003e Twenty-ninth Day: From Krasnodar to Grozny\u003cbr\u003e Thirtieth Day: Grozny\u003cbr\u003e Thirty-first Day: In the Chechen Mountains\u003cbr\u003e Thirty-second Day: From Grozny to Tbilisi\u003cbr\u003e Thirty-third Day: Tbilisi\u003cbr\u003e Thirty-fourth Day: Tbilisi\u003cbr\u003e Thirty-fifth Day: To Gori and the Georgian-Ossetian Cease-fire Line\u003cbr\u003e Thirty-sixth Day: From Tbilisi to Kakheti\u003cbr\u003e Thirty-seventh Day: From Kakheti to Azerbaijan\u003cbr\u003e Thirty-eighth Day: Along the Azeri-Armenian Cease-fire Line\u003cbr\u003e Thirty-ninth Day: By Night Train to Baku\u003cbr\u003e Fortieth Day: Baku\u003cbr\u003e Forty-first Day: Baku and Qobustan\u003cbr\u003e Forty-second Day: Leaving Baku by Air\u003cbr\u003e Forty-third Day: Yerevan\u003cbr\u003e Forty-fourth Day: Yerevan\u003cbr\u003e Forty-fifth Day: To Lake Sevan and On to Nagorno-Karabakh\u003cbr\u003e Forty-sixth Day: Through Nagorno-Karabakh\u003cbr\u003e Forty-seventh Day: To the Armenian-Azeri Cease-fire Line and On to Iran\u003cbr\u003e Forty-eighth Day: Via Jolfa to Tabriz\u003cbr\u003e Forty-ninth Day: Via Ahmadabad to Alamut Castle\u003cbr\u003e Fiftieth Day: To the Caspian Sea and On to Tehran\u003cbr\u003e Fifty-first Day: Tehran\u003cbr\u003e Fifty-second Day: Tehran\u003cbr\u003e Fifty-third Day: Tehran\u003cbr\u003e Fifty-fourth Day: Flying Out of Tehran\u003cbr\u003e With Family in Isfahan\u003cbr\u003e The Journey Begins\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Society \u0026amp; culture: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Society \u0026amp; culture: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Society%20\u0026amp;%20culture:%20general%20%5BJF%5D%22\"\u003eJF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52516221976856,"sku":"9781509535569","price":37.68,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509535569.jpg?v=1786679023","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/along-the-trenches-a-journey-through-eastern-europe-to-isfahan-hardback-9781509535569","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}