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An Incredible Journey
Max Reisch
其他書名
The lost world of the 1930s circled by two men in one small car
出版Veloce Publishing, 2017-11-14
主題Transportation / Automotive / HistoryTravel / Essays & Travelogues
ISBN17871116529781787111653
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=NTG6swEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋In May 1935, twenty-two-year-old Max Reisch and nineteen-year-old Helmuth Hahmann set out in a small motor car to find a land route from India to China. Their journey across Asia took them from Haifa to Tokyo.

In this lively account, the author regales us with one story after another, struck with wonder or struggling against disaster in countries which deeply concern us today:  Iraq with its oilfields, ancient Iran in the throes of modernization, proud Afghanistan, and British India with its stunning variety of civilization.

Before the building of the Burma Road, driving from India to southern China meant sinking over the axles in mud on forest tracks and crossing torrents on rickety ferryboats. It also meant encounters with strange and fascinating peoples and places.

Originally written by Max Reisch in German, this brand new English translation of  An Incredible Journey by Alison Falls captures all the excitement of the journey, and features fascinating historical photos of the journey from the Reisch archives.