A lyrical travel memoir of two women who fled pre–World War II Europe for Afghanistan in 1939, capturing the stark beauty of the journey
Annemarie Schwarzenbach, the Swiss writer-journalist-photographer, led a peripatetic, anti-fascist life across Europe, the Middle East and the U.S. before her untimely death in 1942. English readers know her for works such as Death in Persia.
Annemarie Schwarzenbach, the Swiss writer-journalist-photographer, led a peripatetic, anti-fascist life across Europe, the Middle East and the U.S. before her untimely death in 1942. English readers know her for works such as Death in Persia.
A lyrical travel memoir of two women who fled pre–World War II Europe for Afghanistan in 1939, capturing the stark beauty of the journey
BY Annemarie Schwarzenbach 9 January 2026
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