Cover: Along the Trenches by Navid Kermani

ALONG THE TRENCHES

A JOURNEY THROUGH EASTERN EUROPE TO ISFAHAN

BY NAVID KERMANI
TRANSLATED BY TONY CRAWFORD












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First published in German as Entlang den Gräben © Verlag C. H. Beck oHG, Münich 2018. All rights reserved.

This English edition © Polity Press, 2020

The translation of this work was supported by a grant from the Goethe-Institute.

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ISBN-13: 978-1-5095-3558-3

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Kermani, Navid, 1967- author.
Title: Along the trenches : a journey through Eastern Europe to Isfahan / Navid Kermani.
Other titles: Entlang den Graben. English
Description: Cambridge, UK : Polity Press, 2019. | Includes bibliographical references.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019003897 (print) | LCCN 2019018326 (ebook) | ISBN 9781509535583 (Epub) | ISBN 9781509535569 | ISBN 9781509535569(hardback) | ISBN 9781509535576(pbk.)
Subjects: LCSH: Kermani, Navid, 1967---Travel--Europe, Eastern. | Kermani,
Navid, 1967---Travel--Former Soviet republics. | Kermani, Navid, 1967---Travel--Iran. | Kermani, Navid, 1967---Family. | Europe, Eastern--Description and travel. | Former Soviet republics--Description and travel. | Iran--Description and travel.
Classification: LCC PT2711.E75 (ebook) | LCC PT2711.E75 E5813 2019 (print) | DDC 838/.9203--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019003897

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