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Christa Paula, an intrepid young student of Asian art and archaeology, set off in 1989 to explore an area closed to Westerners as well as to most Chinese, and one which is firmly under military rule. Tall and blonde, she travelled for the most part incognito, disguised in a Pathan cap, old grey jacket and big padded trousers. Her goal was Miran, the ancient Buddhist site of second-century wall paintings. In the company of Chang, a maverick taxi driver, Christa Paula travelled through an area dotted with nuclear testing sites, forced labour camps and mines in which prisoners dig and process asbestos without protective clothing. She discovered that villages which exist on maps are now radiation-contaminated ghost towns, and she witnessed everywhere the seeds of discontent and political unrest.
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Christa Paula, an intrepid young student of Central Asian art and archaeology, set off in 1989 to explore an area closed to Westerners as well as to most Chinese, and one which is firmly under military rule. Tall and blonde, she ravelled for the most part incognito, disguised in a Pathan cap, old grey jacket and big padded trousers.
Her goal was Miran, the ancient Buddhist site of fabulous second-century wall paintings left untouched until the beginning of the twentieth century. In the company of Chang, a maverick taxi-driver, Christa Paula travelled through an area dotted with nuclear testing sites, forced labour camps and asbestos mines. She discovered that villages which exist on maps are now radiation-contaminated ghost towns, and she witnessed everywhere the seeds of discontent and political unrest.
Combining scholarship with exotic adventure and an unusual love affair, 'The Road to Miran 'is a travel book of rare distinction – a journey as much through China's past as through its present.
"One woman's remarkable, singe-minded attempt to reach the forbidden desert city of Miran. It is a deeply personal story of self-discovery – a roller-coaster of revelation"
NICK DANZIGER
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- PublisherFlamingo
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 0006383688
- ISBN 13 9780006383680
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages288
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