{"product_id":"9780857057785","title":"The Border - A Journey Around Russia","description":"\"Erika Fatland [is] shaping up to be one of the Nordics' most exciting new travel writers\" National Geographic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e **SHORTLISTED FOR THE STANFORDS DOLMAN TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020**\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"A hauntingly lyrical meditation to the contingencies of history\" Wall Street Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"[An] impressive mix of history, reportage and travel memoir\" Washington Post\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Border is a book about Russia and Russian history without its author ever entering Russia itself; a book about being the neighbour of that mighty, expanding empire throughout history. It is a chronicle of the colourful, exciting, tragic and often unbelievable histories of these bordering nations, their cultures, their people, their landscapes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Through her last three documentary books - one about terrorism in Beslan, one about the 2011 terror attacks in Norway and one about post-Soviet Central Asia - social anthropologist Erika Fatland has established herself as a sharp observer and an outstanding interviewer at the forefront of Nordic non-fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Translated from the Norwegian by Kari Dickson","brand":"Erika Fatland","offers":[{"title":"Hodder |  Paperback \/ softback  |  2023-10-03","offer_id":44229867766015,"sku":"9780857057785","price":24.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_dbcdd65a-0e2b-41da-87ab-214cc291960d.jpg?v=1700681893","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9780857057785","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}