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La sapevamo viaggiatrice inarrestabile, sciatrice olimpionica, giornalista elegante e spiritosa, in questo libro Ella Maillart ci appare in una nuova, inaspettata veste: navigatrice appassionata e esperta, prima donna a partecipare alle gare olimpiche di yachting, nel 1924, in rappresentanza della Svizzera. Eccola dunque trasferirsi a Londra per lavorare come insegnante in un istituto femminile, ma dopo pochi mesi sentire l'irrefrenabile bisog...

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In 'Der bittere Weg' schildert Ella Maillart, die durch ihre Reiseberichte berühmt wurde, die Fahrt, die sie im Juni 1939, kurz vor Ausbruch des Zweiten Weltkriegs, mit Annemarie Schwarzenbach unternahm. Der Weg führt die beiden (Foto-)Journalistinnen und Schriftstellerinnen von der Schweiz aus über die Türkei und Persien nach Afghanistan. Beide hoffen, weitab von Europa 'Menschen zu begegnen, die friedlich zu leben verstehen', und den eigenen...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Hesperides Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

In 1935 Ella Maillart contemplated one of the most arduous journeys in the world: the "impossible journey" from Peking, then a part of Japanese-occupied China, through the distant province of Sinkiang (present day Tukestan), to Kashmir. Traveling along with newswriter Peter Fleming and also her companion Annemarie Schwarzenbach, Maillart undertook a journey considered almost beyond imagination for any European and doubly so for a woman.