The Amur River By: Colin Thubron [Audiobook]

Author: Colin Thubron
Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble

“A gripping read with fascinating political insight.” (Sunday Times, London)

“Elegant, elegiac and poignant…Thubron is an intrepid traveler, a shrewd observer and a lyrical guide… to the river, much of it along the border between these two powers at a time of rapid and tense reconfiguration of global geopolitics.” (Washington Post)

The most admired travel writer of our time – author of Shadow of the Silk Road and To a Mountain in Tibet – recounts an eye-opening, often perilous journey along a little known Far East Asian river that for over a thousand miles forms the highly contested border between Russia and China.

The Amur River is almost unknown. Yet it is the 10th longest river in the world, rising in the Mongolian mountains and flowing through Siberia to the Pacific. For 1,100 miles, it forms the tense border between Russia and China. Simmering with the memory of land-grabs and unequal treaties, this is the most densely fortified frontier on Earth. 

In his 80th year, Colin Thubron takes a dramatic journey from the Amur’s secret source to its giant mouth, covering almost 3,000 miles. Harassed by injury and by arrest from the local police, he makes his way along both the Russian and Chinese shores, starting out by Mongolian horse, then hitchhiking, sailing on poacher’s sloops or travelling the Trans-Siberian Express. Having revived his Russian and Mandarin, he talks to everyone he meets, from Chinese traders to Russian fishermen, from monks to indigenous peoples. By the time he reaches the river’s desolate end, where Russia’s 19th-century imperial dream petered out, a whole, pivotal world has come alive. 

 The Amur River is a shining masterpiece by the acknowledged laureate of travel writing, an urgent lesson in history and the culmination of an astonishing career. 

General Information
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 Title:                  The Amur River
 Author:                 Colin Thubron
 Read By:                Jonathan Keeble
 Copyright:              2021
 Audiobook Copyright:    2021
 Genre:                  Audiobook
 Publisher:              Penguin
 Abridged:               No
Original Media Information
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 Media:                  Downloaded
 Source:                 Library
 Condition:              New
File Information
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 Number of MP3s:         10
 Total Duration:         10:13:27
 Total MP3 Size:         211.64 MB
 Encoded At:             VBR 48 kbit/s 44100 Hz Mono
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Book Description
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Shortlisted for the Waterstones Book of the Year 2021
A dramatic and ambitious new journey for our greatest travel writer
The Amur River is almost unknown. Yet it is the 10th longest river in 
the world, rising in the Mongolian mountains and flowing through Siberia 
to the Pacific. For 1,100 miles, it forms the tense border between Russia 
and China. Haunted by the memory of land-grabs and unequal treaties, 
this is the most densely fortified frontier on Earth.
In his 80th year, Colin Thubron takes a dramatic journey from the Amur's 
secret source to its giant mouth, covering almost 3,000 miles. Harassed 
by injury and by arrest from the local police, he makes his way along 
both the Russian and Chinese shores, starting out by Mongolian horse, 
then hitchhiking, sailing on poacher's sloops or travelling the Trans-Siberian 
Express. Having revived his Russian and Mandarin, he talks to everyone 
he meets, from Chinese traders to Russian fishermen, from monks to indigenous 
peoples. By the time he reaches the river's desolate end, where Russia's 
19th-century imperial dream petered out, a whole pivotal world has come 
alive.
The Amur River is a shining masterpiece by the acknowledged laureate 
of travel writing, an urgent lesson in history and the culmination of 
an astonishing career.

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