num_pages: 320
description: In this romantic adventure of wild Afghanistan, master storyteller James Michener mixes the allure of the past with the dangers of today. After an impetuous American girl, Ellen Jasper, marries a young Afghan engineer, her parents hear no word from her. Although she wants freedom to do as she wishes, not even she is sure what that means. In the meantime, she is as good as lost in that wild land, perhaps forever...."An extraordinary novel....Brilliant."THE NEW YORK TIMESFrom the Paperback edition.
language: English
title: Caravans
titlecomplete: Caravans
genres: Asia, Historical, Historical Fiction, Novels, Drama, Travel, Literature, Romance, Adventure, Fiction
ratings_count: 8471
places: Afghanistan
publisher: Dial Press Trade Paperback