Cover art for The Amur River
Published
Vintage Arrow, October 2022
ISBN
9781529110890
Format
Softcover, 304 pages
Dimensions
19.8cm × 12.9cm × 1.9cm

The Amur River Between Russia and China

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Follow our greatest travel writer (and rusty Mandarin speaker) along the far eastern river that separates Russia from China, the two great ex-Communist giants, taking in Mongolia, Siberia and the Sea of Japan

'Thubron on top form. Richly detailed, immaculately written and full of insights and encounters that bring a complex corner of the world to life' MICHAEL PALIN

'A masterpiece' WILLIAM DALRYMPLE 'Unforgettable' ANTONY BEEVOR

As read on BBC Radio 4's Book of the Week


A dramatic and ambitious new journey from our greatest travel writer.

Rising in the Mongolian mountains and flowing through Siberia to the Pacific, the Amur River forms the tense border between Russia and China. This is the most densely fortified frontier on Earth.

In his eightieth year, Colin Thubron takes a dramatic and often treacherous 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. By the time he reaches the river's desolate end, a whole, pivotal world has come alive.


'An epic journey along a frozen, fraught frontier... Fascinating' The Times

'This book is a triumph' Daily Telegraph

A Financial Times, Sunday Telegraph and Spectator Book of the Year

Winner of the Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year Award 2022

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