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The Slow Road to Tehran: A Revelatory Bike Ride through Europe and the Middle East Hardcover – September 6, 2022
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ONE WOMAN, ONE BIKE AND ONE RICHLY ENTERTAINING, PERCEPTION-ALTERING JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY.
In 2015, as the Syrian War raged and the refugee crisis reached its peak, Rebecca Lowe set off on her bicycle across the Middle East. Driven by a desire to learn more about this troubled region and its relationship with the West, Lowe's 11,000-kilometre journey took her through Europe to Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Sudan, the Gulf and finally to Iran.
It was an odyssey through landscapes and history that captured her heart, but also a deeply challenging cycle across mountains, deserts and repressive police states that nearly defeated her. Plagued by punctures and battling temperatures ranging from -6 to 48C, Lowe was rescued frequently by farmers and refugees, villagers and urbanites alike, and relied almost entirely on the kindness and hospitality of locals to complete this living portrait of the modern Middle East.
This is her evocative, deeply researched and often very funny account of her travels - and the people, politics and culture she encountered.
'Terrifically compelling ... bursting with humour, adventure and insight into the rich landscapes and history of the Middle East. Lowe recounts the beauty, kindnesses and complexities of the lands she travels through with an illuminating insight. A wonderful new travel writer.' Sir Ranulph Fiennes
- Print length416 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherSeptember Publishing (UK)
- Publication dateSeptember 6, 2022
- Dimensions5.75 x 1.5 x 8.75 inches
- ISBN-101914613023
- ISBN-13978-1914613029
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'Lowe, whose winningly self-depreciating tone persists through adventures and misadventures alike, is no naif. A veteran journalist with a focus on human rights, Lowe is clear-eyed about the fraught history of Western adventurers in the Middle East, with a reporter’s knack for depicting the vivid characters she encounters.' Washington Post
'A terrifically compelling book, bursting with humour, adventure and insight into the rich landscapes and history of the Middle East. Lowe recounts the beauty, kindnesses and complexities of the lands she travels through with an illuminating insight. A wonderful new travel writer.' - Sir Ranulph Fiennes
'By cycling solo across the Middle East for 11,000 kilometres, Rebecca Lowe has achieved a remarkable feat. Her account of this grand journey is admirably observant, unfailingly humane and humorously self-aware to just the right degree. She shows sensitivity to the uniquely Middle Eastern lives she encounters while also maintaining an eye for their chaotic opera of quotidian dramas. This is a book that makes you laugh, gasp, cry and learn something about the many peoples of the Middle East.' - Arash Azizi, author of The Shadow Commander: Soleimani, The US and Iran's Global Ambitions
'Here's a book in the great tradition of the British lone traveller - those spirited individuals who set off to explore Foreign Lands with an open heart, determined against all odds to see what joys they might find. Rebecca Lowe is a cross between her two illustrious forebears, Eric Newby and Dervla Murphy. Her carefully woven tale is insightful, delightful - full of gusto and grit, and always entertaining.' - Benedict Allen
'The idea of cycling from England to Iran seems to me completely barmy - heroically barmy, magnificently barmy ... She writes about it with wonderful vividness and self-mockery. And she is a real traveller [and] knows an extraordinary amount about the history and current politics of everywhere she goes.' - Michael Frayn
'This is modern travel writing at its very best, full of vim and vigour, painstakingly researched, laced with wry humour, political (without being too political), adventurous and rich with anecdote. As Lowe checks in her beloved, much dented and repaired bicycle (nicknamed Maud) at Tehran's airport, I couldn't help but whisper: bravo!' - The Critic
'[A] funny and freewheeling account … Lowe, a freelance British journalist, has a forthright confidence that brings to mind those earlier Middle Eastern adventurers Freya Stark and Gertrude Bell.' - James Barr, The Times
'Rebecca has pulled off an astonishing feat, both in terms of her journey but also with her book, which is both thought-provoking and highly entertaining. Refreshingly free of anguish and navel-gazing, she instead turns her focus on the people and stories of the Middle East while expertly weaving in the salient aspects of Britain's often nefarious relations with the region. This elegant blend of adventure, politics and history forces the reader to face up to some uncomfortable truths but always keeps us pedalling on a wild, colourful ride through blistering deserts, chaotic cities and lonely highways. All this, served with a good dose of self-deprecation and excessive drinking makes for a highly readable book that will stay with you long after you roll into Tehran, weary, saddle sore, but triumphant on her behalf.' - Lois Pryce
'Beautifully capturing the joys of solo adventuring ... highly entertaining and impressively valiant.' - The Financial Times
'Lowe is a witty, worldly travelling companion with a hawkish eye for detail and whip sharp turn of phrase. She pedals across deserts with steely thighed grit, deftly weaving humour with serious journalism. A life-affirming read that will have you dusting off your derailleur and hitting the open road. Bravo!' - Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent, author of Land of the Dawn-Lit Mountains
'From now on, whenever anyone asks me about solo women travel in the Middle East, I'll point them to Rebecca Lowe's book. This was an audacious journey, written about with humour and humility alongside a good understanding of the region.' - Leon McCarron, author of The Land Beyond: A Thousand Miles on Foot through the Heart of the Middle East
'The Slow Road to Tehran is packed full of wit, warmth, razor-sharp insights and a spirit of fiery adventure. It's also a book full of hope, recognising the challenges faced by one of the world's most misunderstood regions, and wishing on it the same spirit of freedom that drives the book's irrepressible author.' - Nicholas Jubber, author of The Fairy Tellers and Drinking Arak off an Ayatollah’s Beard
'Already familiar with Rebecca Lowe's work, I was expecting The Slow Road To Tehran to be good. But I didn’t anticipate just how good. Brilliant, in fact. It's everything you could want from a travel book: beautifully written, warm, compelling, exciting, and funny as fuck. The sheer quantity and quality of research is exceptional, and there was something new and fascinating to learn on every page. I have so much admiration for this wonderful book, and suspect it will soon become a travel literature classic.' - Charlie Carroll, author of The Lip and The Friendship Highway: Two Journeys in Tibet
'The Slow Road to Tehran is the very best of modern travel writing. It contains wonderful descriptions of far away places and hilarious encounters on the road, as well as of the grit needed to cycle across continents by oneself. But it is much more than that. Rebecca Lowe's narrative brings out the humanity of the Muslim peoples of the Middle East whose lands she crosses, as well as the contrasts between their countries and the very different situations in which they find themselves today. This book gives you an inkling of why things are the way they are.' - John McHugo, author of A Concise History of the Arabs and Syria: A Recent History
'[Lowe] is a perceptive writer who finds new ways to think about the complex peoples, histories and politics of the countries she journeys through.' - Observer
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- Publisher : September Publishing (UK) (September 6, 2022)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 416 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1914613023
- ISBN-13 : 978-1914613029
- Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
- Dimensions : 5.75 x 1.5 x 8.75 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,783,333 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #223 in General Egypt Travel Guides
- #309 in General Turkey Travel Guides
- #618 in Cycling Travel Guides
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About the author
Rebecca Lowe is a freelance journalist from London who specialises in human rights and the Middle East. In 2015-16, she cycled 11,000km solo from London to Tehran. Her first book, THE SLOW ROAD TO TEHRAN, documenting her year-long journey, paints a living portrait of the Middle East through its people, politics and historic relationship with the West, and challenges much of the perceived wisdom about this region of the world. It will be published in 2022 by September Books in the UK and MVG in Germany.
During her career, Rebecca has written for the Guardian, BBC, Independent, Huffington Post, Economist, Sunday Times Magazine, Daily Mail, Evening Standard, Spectator and IranWire, as well as numerous travel, music and sports magazines. From 2010-15, she was the lead reporter at the International Bar Association, where she focused on human rights and the rule of law, and in 2018 she contributed to the adventure travel anthology THE KINDNESS OF STRANGERS: TRAVEL STORIES THAT MAKE YOUR HEART GROW, published by Summersdale. Rebecca is a Fellow at the Royal Geographical Society and holds a BA in English Literature from Cambridge University and an MA in Journalism from Stanford University, where she was awarded a scholarship.
Read more about her London to Tehran cycle at https://thebicyclediaries.co.uk.
Follow her on https://twitter.com/reo_lowe and https://www.instagram.com/reo_lowe/
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My only problem with the book is Rebecca sometimes uses words I’ve never heard of…was glad to have read it on kindle so I could get the meanings immediately LOL.