{"product_id":"the-lost-heart-of-asia-9780061577673","title":"The Lost Heart of Asia","description":"\u003cp\u003eA land of enormous proportions, countless secrets, and incredible history, Central Asia was the heart of the great Mongol empire of Tamerlane and scene of Stalin's cruelest deportations. A remote and fascinating region in a constant state of transition--never more so than since the collapse of the Soviet Union--it encompasses terrain as diverse as the Kazakh steppes, the Karakum desert, and the Pamir mountains. In \u003cem\u003eThe Lost Heart of Asia\u003c\/em\u003e, acclaimed, bestselling travel writer Colin Thubron carries readers on an extraordinary journey through this little understood, rarely visited, yet increasingly important corner of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThubron, Colin:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eColin Thubron\u003c\/strong\u003e is an acclaimed travel writer and novelist. His first books were about the Middle East - Damascus, Lebanon and Cyprus. In 1982 he travelled by car into the Soviet Union, a journey he described in \u003cem\u003eAmong the Russians\u003c\/em\u003e. From these early experiences developed his classic travel books: \u003cem\u003eBehind the Wall: A Journey through China\u003c\/em\u003e (winner of the Hawthornden Prize and the Thomas Cook Travel Award), \u003cem\u003eThe Lost Heart of Asia\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eIn Siberia\u003c\/em\u003e (Prix Bouvier), \u003cem\u003eShadow of the Silk Road\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eTo a Mountain in Tibet.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmong other honors, Colin Thubron has received the Ness award of the Royal Geographical Society and the Livingstone Memorial Medal of the Royal Society for Asian Affairs. In 2007 he was made CBE. He was elected President of the Royal Society of Literature from 2010 to 2017, and named an RSL Companion of Literature in 2020.\u003c\/p\u003e\"","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50668898189586,"sku":"9780061577673","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c15d6061-8b97-4a7b-9d06-b0a59dc41495.jpg?v=1733751854","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-lost-heart-of-asia-9780061577673","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}