New Europe

Author: Michael Palin

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Price : $24.99 AUD
ISBN : 9781474625784
Publisher : Orion Publishing Group, Limited
Imprint : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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Weight (g) : 0.3
Publication date : 30 July 2024
Dimensions : 2.4 Centimeters X 12.8 Centimeters X 19.6 Centimeters
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Author : Michael Palin
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Language : English
Dewey classification : 914.704090511
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Michael Palin reads his own account of a journey into a new Europe. Michael Palin's New Europe starts with a simple idea: that only a couple of hours from home are a half of Europe that is for him as unknown and unexplored as the plateau of Tibet or the vastness of the Sahara. Cut off for most of his life by Cold Wars and Iron Curtains, Europe's eastern lands are now open for business - and Michael sets off to discover them. Visiting 20 countries, more than in his Himalaya and Sahara journeys combined, he encounters painful memories and exuberant celebrations.

Throwing himself into local life with his usual reckless curiosity, he samples pig fat with a brandy chaser, meets Romanian lumberjacks, drives the 8.58 stopping train from Poznan to Wolsztyn, learns about mine-clearing in Bosnia, treads the catwalk at a Budapest fashion show and watches Turkish gents wrestling in olive oil. It's New Europe, but vintage Palin.

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