page_title: The Places in Between
section_title: Reception
hierarchical_section_title: The Places in Between / Reception
caption_attribution_description: Minaret in valley (Jam minaret, Ghowr province). This minaret is a UNESCO world heritage site and was forgotten to the outside world until 1957.
context_page_description: The Places in Between is a travel narrative by Rory Stewart, a British former member of Parliament, writer, and former diplomat, detailing his solo walk across north-central Afghanistan in 2002.
context_section_description: The Places in Between was critically applauded, winning the Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize, a Scottish Arts Council prize and the Spirit of Scotland Award in 2005. It was short-listed for The Guardian First Book Award and the John Llewlyn Rhys Prize. The New York Times named it one of the top-ten books of 2006, a distinction the newspaper rarely gives to travel books. It was a New York Times bestseller for thirteen weeks and has been translated into nine languages.
caption: The Minaret of Jam
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