by Neal Ascherson · Tusquets Editores S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788483107218
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«El mar Negro» is the historical essay by Neal Ascherson, published by Tusquets Editores in paperback (360 pages, in Spanish).
A historical and testimonial journey around the Black Sea from classical antiquity, with Herodotus and the Argonauts, to the collapse of the communist states. The work combines archaeology, anthropology and politics to portray the conflicts of a region that has been a crossroads between East and West.
Published in 2001, it is part of the Tiempo de Memoria collection (volume 5). Neal Ascherson received the Saltire Award in 1995 and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History in 1996 for El mar Negro.
An essay for readers interested in history, archaeology and travel writing about the Black Sea region.
Charles Neal Ascherson is a Scottish journalist and writer. In his youth he fought for the British in the Malayan Emergency. He has been described by Radio Prague as "one of Britain's leading experts on central and eastern Europe". Ascherson is the author of several books on the history of Poland and Ukraine. His work has appeared in The Guardian and The New York Review of Books.
