{"product_id":"high-caucasus-by-tom-parfitt-9781472294807","title":"High Caucasus","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOutstanding\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eTIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGripping\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eECONOMIST\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE RSL CHRISTOPHER BLAND PRIZE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE PUSHKIN HOUSE BOOK PRIZE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE EDWARD STANFORD TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEmotionally scarred after witnessing the bloody climax of the Beslan school siege in Russia's North Caucasus, in which 314 hostages died, Tom Parfitt set out on a journey. In \u003ci\u003eHigh Caucasus\u003c\/i\u003e, he shares his remarkable thousand-mile quest in search of personal peace - and a greater understanding of the roots of violence in a region whose fate has tragic parallels with the Ukraine of today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eStarting in Sochi on the Black Sea and walking the mountains to Derbent, the ancient fortress city on the Caspian, Parfitt traverses the political, religious and ethnic fault-lines of seven Russian republics, including Chechnya and Dagestan. Through bear-haunted forests, across high altitude pastures and over the shoulders of Elbrus, Europe's highest mountain, he finds companionship and respite in the homes of proud, little-known peoples. This is a stunning story of confronting trauma through connection with history, people and place.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46833135943916,"sku":"9781472294807","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/82c1609b0794697f16f42830b08de1d3.jpg?v=1758833655","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/high-caucasus-by-tom-parfitt-9781472294807","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}