{"product_id":"books-caravans-by-michener","title":"Caravans","description":"First published in 1963, James A. Michener's gripping chronicle of the social and political landscape of Afghanistan is more relevant now than ever. Combining fact with riveting adventure and intrigue, Michener follows a military man tasked, in the years after World War I, with a dangerous assignment: finding and returning a young American woman living in Afghanistan to her distraught family after she suddenly and mysteriously disappears. A timeless tale of love and emotional drama set against the backdrop of one of the most important countries in the world today, \u003ci\u003eCaravans \u003c\/i\u003ecaptures the tension of the postwar period, the sweep of Afghanistan's remarkable history, and the inescapable allure of the past. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eCaravans\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Brilliant . . . an extraordinary novel . . . The old nomadic trails across the mountains spring into existence.\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Romantic and adventurous . . .  Michener] has a wonderful empathy for the wild and free and an understanding of the reasons behind the kind of cruelty that goes with it.\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Michener has done for Afghanistan what . . . his first  book] did for the South Pacific.\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Herald Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53481030779153,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780449213803.jpg?v=1777554762","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/books-caravans-by-michener","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}