Border Crossings: A Journey on the Trans-Siberian Railway

Name: Border Crossings: A Journey on the Trans-Siberian Railway
Brand: Harper
SKU: 0063080362
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ISBN: 9780063080362

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19 Apr, 2022

By Emma Fick (Author)

An illustrated travelogue that brilliantly captures artist and illustrator Emma Fick's epic train journey on the Trans-Siberian Railway--from Beijing throu...

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ISBN-10:

0063080362

ISBN-13:

9780063080362

Publisher

Harper

No.of Pages

240

Dimensions

9.1 X 7.1 X 1.2 inches

Description

An illustrated travelogue that brilliantly captures artist and illustrator Emma Fick's epic train journey on the Trans-Siberian Railway--from Beijing through Mongolia to Moscow--including more than 200 watercolor illustrations and handwritten text that includes cultural and historical information as well as invaluable travel tips.

In May 2015, on a trip through the Baltics and Scandinavia, artist and illustrator Emma Fick and her boyfriend (now husband) Helvio discovered a worn copy of the Trans-Siberian Handbook at a secondhand shop in Helsinki. Many travelers from around the globe had used the guide to journey on the longest train ride in the world. Emma and Helvio took their find as a sign to embark on their own adventure on the legendary railway that has captured the imaginations and curiosities of many travelers and explorers since its construction a century ago.

A year and a half later, with Trans-Siberian Handbook in hand, they boarded the train in Beijing. Their odyssey was just beginning.

Border Crossings is the chronicle of their unforgettable 26-day, 8-city journey across Asia to Moscow. Emma offers a concise history of the railway and in vivid, visual language, takes you across a vast landscape of rural villages and bustling urban centers, through open food markets brimming with delicacies and a snowy mountain wilderness dotted with clusters of gers--nomadic homes.

Emma's detailed observations and lush descriptions, accompanied by detailed colorful illustrations, bring this remarkable journey of discovery and adventure--the landscapes, food, people and cultures--to life. Experience drinking salty milk tea, eating shoe sole cake (fried cakes shaped like shoe soles piled high and topped with milk curds and hard candies), and riding camels in Mongolia. In Russia, wander through a snow-draped countryside filled with stands of birch trees, explore the wonders of freshwater Lake Baikal--the source of omul, a ubiquitous and beloved fish delicacy--go ice fishing, and take a self-guided tour of Moscow.

With its hand-drawn maps, its wealth of illustrations of every aspect of the experience--from sleeping quarters on a train to the highlights of a monastery or the details of a memorable meal, Border Crossings is an invitation to experience new destinations and cultures first-hand--to travel the Trans-Siberian Railway as never before, whether you're a nomad looking for a new vacation destination, an armchair traveler, or just culturally curious.

Product Details

ISBN-10

: 0063080362

ISBN-13

: 9780063080362

Publisher

: Harper

Publication date

: 19 Apr, 2022