- Social life and customs, Travel, Description and travel, Siberia (russia), description and travel
Murphy tells about her three months journey across Eastern Siberia, travelling by train and paddle-steamer. She describes the desolation of this little-known land as well as the hospitality of the inhabitants and reports her conversations with the locals about a variety of subjects.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and contemporary.
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- Author
- Dervla Murphy
- First published
- 2005
- Pages
- 311
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Editions
- 2
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780719566646
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