4.8
Nadine Hudson
Why does too much often mean too little?
In the early 1990s, Nadine Hudson from Switzerland is struggling with mental health issues, most notably an eating disorder. She decides to embark on a backpacking trip through Asia…
Turkey
6.5
Eric Newby
Why is this book so legendary when it comes to travel literature?
it’s the year 1956, and Eric Newby is an Englishman in his thirties who works in the fashion business. One day he decides that he’s sick of it all, and so he sets his mind on a mountain climbing expedition to Afghanistan. His friend Hugh Carless, who speaks a bit of Persian, comes along…
7.3
Nicolas Bouvier
A sophisticated mind.
In 1953, Swiss law student Nicolas Bouvier and his friend, the painter Thierry Vernet, decide to go on a road trip to Afghanistan…
6.5
Philippe Valéry
Not personal enough.
In the late 1990s, French manager Philippe Valéry is in his thirties when he decides to walk from Marseille to Kashgar…
5.5
Heinz Helfgen
The modern traveler.
In 1946, Heinz Helfgen, a former journalist from Germany turned Wehrmacht soldier comes from a POW camp, only to find out that things are pretty bad at home, especially money-wise…
8.5
William of Rubruck
For the king.
In the middle of the 13th century, a Franciscan monk called William of Rubruck gets dispatched to Mongolia by his king, Louis IX of France…
6
Odoric of Pordenone
Was this a 14th-century fact finding mission or just another medieval mystery tale?
5.3
Jean de Mandeville
Why is it so much fun to read Medieval travel stories that are at least partly untrue?
