
All the Roads Are Open
The Afghan Journey
Paperback | 1 April 2023 | Edition Number 1
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The Afghan journey documented in All the Roads Are Open is one of the most important episodes of Schwarzenbach’s turbulent life. Her incisive, lyrical essays offer a unique glimpse of an Afghanistan already touched by the ‘fateful laws known as progress’, a remote yet ‘sensitive nerve centre of world politics’ caught amid great powers in upheaval. In her writings, Schwarzenbach conjures up the desolate beauty of landscapes both internal and external, reflecting on the longings and loneliness of travel as well as its grace.
Maillart’s account of their trip, The Cruel Way, stands as a classic of travel literature, and Schwarzenbach’s memoir rounds out the story of the adventure.
About the Author
Annemarie Schwarzenbach (1908-42) was a writer, journalist, and photographer who worked periodically as an archaeologist. She is the author of the poem Aus Tetouan, Der Krater der Tiere, Das Wunder des Baumes.
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‘All the Roads Are Open ...collects the wonderful newspaper articles Schwarzenbach wrote during the journey. “With our Afghan friends we felt as safe as in Abraham’s bosom,” she declares, although the cover photo of her — trousered, lanky, David Bowie with an Elroy Jetson haircut — will inspire readers today to wonder what all she might have left out.’ — Alan Scherstuhl, Village Voice
ISBN: 9780857428226
ISBN-10: 0857428225
Series: The Seagull Library of German Literature
Published: 1st April 2023
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 124
Audience: General Adult
Publisher: Gazebo Books
Country of Publication: AU
Edition Number: 1
Dimensions (cm): 19.5 x 13 x 1
Weight (kg): 0.18
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