Colin Thubron
Colin Thubron is a writer and novelist, who has written primarily on Central Asia, Russia and China. His books include Among the Russians, Behind the Wall, In Siberia and Shadow of the Silk Road. In 2010 he became President of the Royal Society of Literature.
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Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition
The Old Silk Route
Colin Thubron
‘If I had charted the most landlocked spot on earth, the arms of my compass would have intersected here, in China's far northwest.’
Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition
Night In Vietnam
Colin Thubron
‘The tombstones glimmered in the grass. But he felt only relief. The dead, tonight, were more companionable than the living.’
Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition
Siberia
Colin Thubron
‘The faintly clownish name of Omsk raises light-hearted expectations.’
Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition
A Family in Nanjing
Colin Thubron
‘The old people had prepared a banquet for me - an extravagant spread of cold meats and dumplings which we ate with the prestige television blaring, and nobody watching it.’