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Winds of the Steppe

Walking the Great Silk Road from Central Asia to China

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Winds of the Steppe

By: Bernard Ollivier, Dan Golembeski - translator
Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
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Taking listeners from the snows of the Pamir Mountains to the backstreets of Kashgar—a Central Asian city that could be the setting for One Thousand and One Nights—to the Tian Shan Mountains to the endless Taklamakan and Gobi Deserts of China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Bernard Ollivier continues his epic foot journey along the Great Silk Road hoping to make his way to Han China and reach, at long last, the legendary city of Xi'an.

After traveling through a region dotted with former Buddhist shrines, Ollivier finds himself craving the warm welcome of Islamic lands, where, regardless of their culture or nationality, travelers are often treated as esteemed guests. Beyond the occasional vestige of the old Silk Road, Ollivier comes face to face with sites of religious significance, China's Great Wall, and of course thousands of everyday people along the way.

As Ollivier tries to make sense of his journey and find connections between these people's daily lives and the so-called "modern" world, he does so with a sense of humility that transforms his personal journey into a universal quest.

©2003 Bernard Ollivier; English translation copyright 2020 by Dan Golembeski (P)2022 Tantor
Asia Travel Writing & Commentary
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This is the last of a three book series.
I thoroughly enjoyed all three of them.
All his adventures and the people he met along the way. All the friends he made and all the help he got when needed.
In this crazy world, you realize that all people are in essence the same.
This is something we all have to hang on too. In the process we might even make this earth a better place to live in for the short time we are here.
Needless to say that I recommend listening to all three books.
This book is narrated by a different narrator than the first two, but after a few chapters you get used to his style and he is equally good.
My thanks to all involved, JK.

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