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Chasing the Sea

Lost Among the Ghosts of Empire in Central Asia

Language EnglishEnglish
Book Paperback
Book Chasing the Sea Tom Bissell
Libristo code: 06581686
Publishers Random House USA Inc, October 2004
In 1996, Tom Bissell went to Uzbekistan as a na-ve Peace Corps volunteer. Though he lasted only a fe... Full description
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In 1996, Tom Bissell went to Uzbekistan as a na-ve Peace Corps volunteer. Though he lasted only a few months before illness and personal crisis forced him home, Bissell found himself entranced by this remote land. Five years later he returned to explore the shrinking Aral Sea, destroyed by Soviet irrigation policies. Joining up with an exuberant translator named Rustam, Bissell slips more than once through the clutches of the Uzbek police as he makes his often wild way to the devastated sea. In Chasing the Sea, " "Bissell combines the story of his travels with a beguiling chronicle of Uzbekistan's striking culture and long history of violent subjugation by despots from Jenghiz Khan to Joseph Stalin. Alternately amusing and sobering, this is a gripping portrait of a fascinating place, and the debut of a singularly gifted young writer.

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Full name Chasing the Sea
Author Tom Bissell
Language English
Binding Book - Paperback
Date of issue 2004
Number of pages 416
EAN 9780375727542
ISBN 9780375727542
Libristo code 06581686
Weight 350
Dimensions 204 x 132 x 28
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