An Afghan Journey / Roger Willemsen ; Translated by Stefan Tobler ; Photographs by Christian Irrgang
London : Haus, 2007. First Edition. 'I ask a nomad boy: why do you have a green spot on the bridge of your nose? So they can find me again', he replies. 'And where do you think I come from? ' 'From China.' 'Hello. Minister, what's your matter? ' another one asks me. And I say: 'No matter.' 'So what are you doing? 'Just visiting', I reply. He turns to his friend and shouts: 'Look, first tourist'. And of course, he was right. I thought: mine is the view of a first tourist. Only a few months after a 25-year-long war ended in Afghanistan, Roger Willemsen accompanied a friend on her journey home: from Kabul to Kunduz, through the legendary steppe to the river Oxus, the boundary to Tadzhikistan. This is his journal of adventurous travels in an awakening country. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 220 pages; Physical desc. : 220 p. : col. ill., col. ports. ; 22 cm. Translated from the German. Subject: Willemsen, Roger, 1955- --Travel - Afghanistan --Description and travel. TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues. TRAVEL / Middle East / General. Item #156076
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