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THUBRON, Colin Gerald Dryden was born on June 14, 1939 in London. Son of Brigadier Gerald Ernest Thubron, and Evelyn Kate Dryden.
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A worker in a mental hospital meets his old girlfriend inside, but he is not sure if she is on the staff or if she is a patient. Their reunion is haunted and from the memory of their past affair there unfolds a labyrinth which darkens from romantic obsession to feelings deeper and more disturbing.
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Beautifully packaged reissue of Colin Thubron's classic which bring the whole of his backlist into Vintage, The people, their history and the beauty of an island on the brink of tragedy. This is the account of a unique journey -- a six-hundred-mile trek on foot around Cyprus in the last year of the island's peace. Colin Thubron intertwines myth, history and personal anecdote in a quest from which the characters and places, architecture and landscape all spring vividly to the reader's eye.
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Here is a fresh perspective on the last tumultuous years of the Soviet Union and an exquisitely poetic travelogue.With a keen grasp of Russia's history, a deep appreciation for its architecture and iconography, and an inexhaustible enthusiasm for its people and its culture, Colin Thubron is the perfect guide to a country most of us will never get to know firsthand. Here, we can walk down western Russia's country roads, rest in its villages, and explore some of the most engaging cities in the world. Beautifully written and infinitely insightful, Among the Russians is vivid, compelling travel writing that will also appeal to readers of history and current events—and to anyone captivated by the shape and texture of one of the world's most enigmatic culture.
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Mirror to Damascus is a unique portrait of a city now obscured by recent upheavals, by one of the most indefatigable and popular of travel writers. Described by the author as simply “a work of love,” Mirror to Damascus is an enthralling and fascinating history of Damascus from the Amorites of the Bible to the revolution of 1966, as well as being a charming and witty personal record of a city well-loved. In explaining how modern Damascus is rooted in immemorial layers of culture and tradition, Thubron explores the historical, artistic, social and religious inheritance of the Damascenes in an amusing and perceptive manner, whilst interspersing the narrative with innumerable anecdotes about travellers of bygone days.
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THUBRON, Colin Gerald Dryden was born on June 14, 1939 in London. Son of Brigadier Gerald Ernest Thubron, and Evelyn Kate Dryden.
Graduate, Eton College, 1957.
Apprentice, editorial assistant, Hutchinson & Company, London, 1959-1962; freelance film maker,, Morocco, Turkey, Japan, 1963-1964; production editor, Macmillan Company. New York City, 1964-1965; freelance writer,, London, since 1965.
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