by Ella Maillart · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782228883641
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«Voie Cruelle» is the travelogue by Ella Maillart, published in 1991 by Payot in paperback (371 pages, in French).
Ella Maillart narrates the journey she undertook with another woman through Iran and other regions of Asia toward Afghanistan in a Ford, between travel chronicle and personal testimony. The text combines descriptions of landscapes and encounters with the difficulties of the road and the author's reflections on adventure and perseverance.
This work originally appeared as «La Voie cruelle» in 1947; this edition belongs to the collection Petite Bibliothèque Payot / Voyageurs (No. 51).
Recommended for readers of travel narratives and memoirs, with an interest in the history and settings of Iran and Afghanistan in the twentieth century.
