Red Sands: Reportage and Recipes Through Central Asia, from Hinterland to Heartland by Caroline Eden armenia From the reign of the

From the reign of the Tsars in the early 19th century to the collapse of the Soviet Union and beyond

For fans of Anthony Marra's A Constellation of Vital Phenomena and Téa Obreht's The Tiger's Wife: the kidnapping of two small girls on a remote peninsula in Russia sets in motion an evocative

as it were: her authoritative tale draws on thousands of memos

Translated by Elizabeth Chandler

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Red Sands: Reportage and Recipes Through Central Asia, from Hinterland to Heartland by Caroline Eden armenia From the reign of theFollow Caroline Eden across Central Asia from the Caspian shores to Uzbekistans Fergana Valley in Red Sands, a travel cookbook that reveals Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan through its market stalls, bountiful orchards, shared loaves, fragrant tea and the lives of people in this vibrant part of the world. In a quest to better understand this vast heartland of Asia, Caroline navigates a course from the shores of the