The Amur River: Between Russia and China
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 First edition | |
| Author | Colin Thubron |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Travel literature |
| Publisher | Harper Press |
Publication date | September 21, 2021 |
| Publication place | Mongolia & Russia & China |
| Media type | Print (hardcover & paperback & e-book) |
| Pages | 320 |
| ISBN | 978-0063099685 |
The Amur River: Between Russia and China is a 2021 book by Colin Thubron. It is an account of his travel from Mongolia to Russia to China, mostly along the Amur River.
The book recounts author Colin Thubron's account of spending nearly two years traveling along the Amur River, from source to sea.
The river, which is over 2800 miles long goes by different names in each of the countries it flows through. Known as the Onon in northern Mongolia (where it is deemed sacred by the local horsemen), it becomes Shilka in Siberia and is called the Heilongjiang, or Black Dragon River in China. The author follows the river until it ends up in the Pacific at the Sea of Okhotsk.
"The book is more the story of the river and its people, with the author’s travels woven into the story, rather than a justification for the writer’s travels."[1]
This is the author's 10th travel book. His travel writing has mostly been focusing on the previous USSR and China regions. In the past, Thubron has written astutely of political borders, ethnic realities and nationhood before, notably in his 2006 Shadow of the Silk Road."[2]
