Winds Of The Steppe: Walking The Great Silk Roa... ●

: The book emphasizes the hospitality of Islamic lands and Ollivier's personal interactions with local people, contrasting ancient traditions with the encroachment of the "modern" world. Core Themes

: Reviewers from L’Événement describe the book as more than a travelogue, characterizing it as a humble, universal quest for human connection. Winds of the Steppe: Walking the Great Silk Roa...

" Winds of the Steppe: Walking the Great Silk Road from Central Asia to China " is a non-fiction travel memoir by retired French journalist Bernard Ollivier . It chronicles the third and final leg of his massive 7,200-mile solo walking journey from Turkey to China. : The book emphasizes the hospitality of Islamic

The English translation by Dan Golembeski was published by Skyhorse Publishing in 2020. It is the conclusion to a trilogy that includes his previous works, Out of Istanbul and Walking to Samarkand . It chronicles the third and final leg of

: Ollivier travels through some of the world's most formidable terrain, including the Pamir and Tian Shan Mountains and the "deathly" Taklamakan and Gobi Deserts.