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Among the Russians
  • Published: 1 June 2004
  • ISBN: 9780099459293
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 224
  • RRP: $29.99
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Among the Russians

From the Baltic to the Caucasus

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'A magnificent achievement' - Nikolai Tolstoy, The Times

'A magnificent achievement' Nikolai Tolstoy, The Times
Among the Russians is a marvellous account of a solitary journey by car from St. Petersburg and the Baltic States south to Georgia and Armenia. A gifted writer and intrepid traveller, Thubron grapples with the complexities of Russian identity and relays his extraordinary journey in characteristically lyrical style. This is an enthralling and revealing account of the habits and idiosyncrasies of a fascinating nation along with a sharp and insightful social commentary of Russian life.

'Superb... one of the best books on Russia to appear in years' New York Times
  • Published: 1 June 2004
  • ISBN: 9780099459293
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 224
  • RRP: $29.99
Categories:

About the author

Colin Thubron

COLIN THUBRON is a celebrated travel writer, winner of many prizes and awards. His classic travel books include: Among the Russians (1983), Behind the Wall (1987), In Siberia (1999), Shadow of the Silk Road (2006) and The Amur River (2021). He is also the author of eight acclaimed works of fiction, including A Cruel Madness (1984), winner of the PEN/Macmillan Silver Pen Award, To the Last City, long-listed for the Booker Prize (2002), and Night of Fire (2017). Passage is his ninth novel, shaped by a journey to Egypt.
portrait photo of Colin Thubron

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Praise for Among the Russians

The Soviet Union is seen through a glass brightly... What makes the book so readable is Thubron's combination of an artist's aesthetic sensitivity with the literary craftsmanship to convey it. He sees things with the freshness of an innocent and the erudition of a scholar

Daily Telegraph

Superb... one of the best books on Russia to appear in years

New York Times

Travel writing has never been more provocative, profound or poetic

Time Out

The Thubron approach to travelling has an integrity that belongs to another age. And this author's way with words gives his books a value far transcending their topical interest; it is safe to predict they will be read a century hence

Irish Times

The perfect guide to one of the world’s most enigmatic cultures

Christie Hickman, Sunday Express