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Check for Availabilityout of stock. Click on the button below to search for this title in other formats.  This title in other formats:On Foot to the Golden Horn: A Walk to Istanbul
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:On Foot to the Golden Horn recounts Jason Goodwin's breathtaking journey with two companions through Eastern Europe from the dikes and marshes of Poland's Baltic coast across to the Golden Horn in Istanbul. Along the way, they sleep in haystacks, drink with Gypsies, and play with Ceaucescu's orphans, meeting with blatant hostility and overwhelming hospitality as an older Europe tries to settle with itself, and a new one struggles to be born. It is the story of three friends' walk through some of the world's most beautiful and tragic places, and of their encounters with a varied and vivid cast of characters. Review:"An excellent book . . . one of the truest portraits of present-day Central Europe available." (Times Literary Supplement) Synopsis:On Foot to the Golden Horn recounts Jason Goodwin's breathtaking journey through Eastern Europefrom the dikes and marshes of Poland's Baltic coast across to the Golden Horn in Istanbul. It is the story of his walk with two friends-one now his wife-through some of the world's most beautiful, and tragic, places and of their encounters with a varied and vivid cast of characters. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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