‘It’s [the author’s] ability to weave together threads of history, social commentary and everyday customs that make this memoir entertaining’
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A Carpet Ride to Khiva by Christopher Aslan Alexander is reviewed on the Lonely Planet website. The book is a hauntingly, beautifully written tale of the author’s journey to, and life in, the desert oasis of Khiva in Uzbekistan.
The review ends by saying:
‘It was a joy being transported back to Central Asia, with its dust and decay and rounds of flat bread, its corrupt officials and wonderful hospitality, the piles of plov and greasy lamb mantis, its pomegranates and paranoid border crossings all washed down with gallons of tea and lashings of vodka.’
