Title:
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PALIN'S NEW EUROPE
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Volume: |
Abridged Reading |
By: |
Michael Palin, Michael Palin |
Format: |
CD-Audio |
List price:
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£20.40 |
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ISBN 10: |
1846071992 |
ISBN 13: |
9781846071997 |
Publisher: |
BBC AUDIO, A DIVISION OF RANDOM HOUSE |
Pub. date: |
1 October, 2007 |
Description: |
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 is a half of Europe that is for him as unknown and unexplored as the plateau of Tibet or the vastness of the Sahara. |
Synopsis: |
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 is 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 twenty 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. |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
BBC Physical Audio |
Returns: |
Returnable |