White Fever: A Journey to the Frozen Heart of Siberia

White Fever: A Journey to the Frozen Heart of Siberia

by Antonia Lloyd - Jones (Translator), JacekHugo-Bader (Author)

Synopsis

This is the story of a journey like no other, as Jacek Hugo-Bader makes his way across Siberia, from Moscow to Vladivostok, in the middle of winter. Travelling alone in a modified Russian jeep, he traverses a continent that is two-and-a-half times bigger than America, awash with bandits and not always fully equipped with roads. Along the way, Hugo-Bader discovers a great deal of tragedy, but also plenty of dark humour among the reindeer shepherds, nomadic tribes, the former hippies, the shamans, and the followers of some of the many arcane religions that flourish in this isolated, impossible region.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 336
Publisher: Portobello Books Ltd
Published: 03 May 2012

ISBN 10: 184627270X
ISBN 13: 9781846272707
Book Overview: A classic in the making and an unparalleled insight into life in Siberia and its various communities and tribes.

Author Bio
Born in 1957, JACEK HUGO-BADER is a Polish journalist for the leading daily paper, Gazeta Wyborcza. He is a former special needs teacher, loader of trucks, weigher of pigs, and counsellor of troubled couples. He lives in Warsaw.