{"product_id":"fifty-miles-wide-paperback","title":"Fifty Miles Wide - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJulian Sayarer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBY THE AUTHOR OF \u003ci\u003eINTERSTATE\u003c\/i\u003e, WINNER OF THE STANFORD DOLMAN TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Sayarer's thoughtful, meditative travelogue feels very important . . . [An] exploration of how people persevere in the darkest of circumstances\" \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"It conveys powerfully what life is like for people on both sides of 'the world's most entrenched impasse'. At the same time, it's full of free spirits and the joys of freewheeling\"\u003ci\u003e Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTen years after breaking a world record for cycling around the world, award-winning travel writer Julian Sayarer returns to two wheels on the roads of Israel and occupied Palestine. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHis route weaves from the ancient hills of Galilee, along the blockaded walls of the Gaza Strip and down to the Bedouin villages of the Naqab Desert. He speaks with Palestinian hip-hop artists who wonder if music can change their world, Israelis hoping that kibbutz life can, and Palestinian cycling clubs determined to keep on riding despite the army checkpoints and settlers that bar their way. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Pedalling through a military occupation, in the chance encounters of the roadside, a bicycle becomes a vehicle of more than just travel, and cuts through the tension to find a few simple truths, and some hope. As the miles pass, the journey becomes a meditation on making change - how people in dark times keep their spirit, and go on believing that a different world is possible. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The vast energy of his commitment to discover, observe and communicate makes for engrossing, often incandescent prose. We need writers who will go all the way for a story, and tell it with fire. Sayarer is a marvellous example\" HORATIO CLARE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJULIAN SAYARER cycled a half dozen times across Europe to his second nation of T?rkiye before before breaking a world record for a circumnavigation by bicycle, and going on to write \u003ci\u003eLife Cycles\u003c\/i\u003e (2014). He is the winner of the Stanford Dolman Travel Writing Award for \u003ci\u003eInterstate\u003c\/i\u003e (2016), an account of hitchhiking through middle America, and is the author of \u003ci\u003eMessengers\u003c\/i\u003e (2016), \u003ci\u003eAll at Sea\u003c\/i\u003e (2017), \u003ci\u003eFifty Miles Wide\u003c\/i\u003e (2020), Ondaatje Prize-longlisted \u003ci\u003eIberia\u003c\/i\u003e (2021), and \u003ci\u003eT?rkiye\u003c\/i\u003e (2023). Julian combines a background in political science to create a critically acclaimed travel writing style - politics at roadsides. In this 12mph view of the world in passing, he uses human stories and journeys to document global issues for a broad audience. His writing has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAeon Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and in numerous cycling publications.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.98 x 7.83 x 5.32 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 22, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47415764058333,"sku":"9781529439793","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/lODZ4lZPMM9781529439793.webp?v=1771211207","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/fifty-miles-wide-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}