Empire's edge: Travels in South-Eastern Europe, Turkey and Central Asia [Paperback]

Scott L Malcomson (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Faber and Faber (1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0571173071
• ISBN-13: 978-0571173075
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,525,626 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #66 in Books > Travel > Europe > Bulgaria

More About the Author

Born in 1961 in California, Scott Malcomson grew up in Oakland and graduated from Berkeley, where he first learned journalism while writing and editing for The Daily Californian. Malcomson moved east in 1984 and began writing for the mainstream and alternative press in New York City, particularly The Village Voice. Among the many publications he has written for are The New Yorker, The London Review of Books, The New York Times, The New Republic, Transition, Lettre Internationale, Film Quarterly, ArtForum, Colors and The Nation.

Malcomson's writing has tended to focus on literature, American history (particularly race), and foreign affairs. He has worked in Africa and Latin America, the Pacific Islands, Turkey and Central Asia, and throughout Europe and North America. He is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a longtime member of PEN.

Malcomson has published four books, all available from Amazon: Tuturani: A Political Journey in the Pacific Islands; Empire's Edge: Travels in Southeastern Europe, Turkey and Central Asia; One Drop of Blood; The American Misadventure of Race; and Generation's End: A Personal Memoir of American Power after 9/11 (forthcoming in August). He is currently foreign editor at The New York Times Magazine.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Superb insight into the sufi'ism of Central Asia, May 3, 2000

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This review is from: Empire's Edge: Travels in South-Eastern Europe, Turkey and Central Asia (Paperback)

(I hate to use superlatives but) this was by far the most interesting book on the subject. It does a good job of conveying to the reader, what makes the people on the Steppe's of Central Asia and Anatolya tick. Do not expect a Lonely planet style "Guide Book".