{"product_id":"the-border-a-journey-around-russia-erika-fatland-9780857057785","title":"The Border - A Journey Around Russia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Erika Fatland [is] shaping up to be one of the Nordics' most exciting new travel writers\" National Geographic\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e**SHORTLISTED FOR THE STANFORDS DOLMAN TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020**\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"A hauntingly lyrical meditation to the contingencies of history\" Wall Street Journal\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"[An] impressive mix of history, reportage and travel memoir\" Washington Post\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Border is a book about Russia and Russian history without its author ever entering Russia itself; a book about being the neighbour of that mighty, expanding empire throughout history. It is a chronicle of the colourful, exciting, tragic and often unbelievable histories of these bordering nations, their cultures, their people, their landscapes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThrough her last three documentary books - one about terrorism in Beslan, one about the 2011 terror attacks in Norway and one about post-Soviet Central Asia - social anthropologist Erika Fatland has established herself as a sharp observer and an outstanding interviewer at the forefront of Nordic non-fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTranslated from the Norwegian by Kari Dickson\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Erika Fatland","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":45625300386035,"sku":"9780857057785","price":26.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/9780857057785.jpg?v=1715286101","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/the-border-a-journey-around-russia-erika-fatland-9780857057785","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}