The Cruel Way
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The Cruel Way by Ella K Maillart
In 1939 Swiss travel writer and journalist Ella K Maillart set off on an epic journey from Geneva to Kabul with fellow writer Annemarie Schwarzenbach in a brand new Ford. This book is about their journey and towards the end of the trip the women's increasingly troubled relationship takes center stage.
"Ella KMaillart's descriptions and observations shine with intelligence and beauty.... Her abilities to grasp a region in all its dimensions, and to involve the emerging national character in her own drama, are the marks of the best kind of travel writer." (Women's Review of Books) "Ella K. Maillart - it is she who matters, though her capital I's are few. The picture of herself is better than many superb photographs: a woman of the twentieth century, with a nostalgia for the primitive; always hungry for new places and new people, but sufficient to herself." (Pacific Affairs)"
Ella K. Maillart (1903-97) was a Swiss journalist, photographer, and adventurer. She is the author of Gypsy Afloat, Forbidden Journey, Turkestan Solo, and many other works published in English, French, and German.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780226033044 |
| ISBN 10 | 022603304X |
| Title | The Cruel Way |
| Author | Ella K Maillart |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | The University of Chicago Press |
| Year published | 2013-06-10 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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