Parfitt, Tom
High Caucasus: A Mountain Quest in Russia's Haunted Hinterland
- ISBN 13:
- 9781472294807
- author:
- Parfitt, Tom
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Headline Book Publishing
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2014
- Pages:
- 352
- Dimensions:
- 19.6 x 12.8 x 2.8 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Travel
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 2 working days
Description
After witnessing the devastating Beslan school siege in Russia's North Caucasus, Tom Parfitt embarked on a 1,000-mile journey to find personal peace and understanding of the region's complex history.
From Sochi on the Black Sea to Derbent, an ancient fortress city on the Caspian, Parfitt traversed seven Russian republics, including Chechnya and Dagestan, navigating the fault lines of politics, religion, and ethnicity.
This is a powerful story of confronting trauma through connection with history, people, and place, as Parfitt finds companionship and respite among proud, little-known peoples in bear-haunted forests, high-altitude pastures, and beneath Europe's highest mountain, Elbrus.
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