Winds Of The Steppe: Walking The Great Silk Roa... May 2026

: Ollivier, who founded the Seuil Association to help troubled teens through walking, views the act of long-distance trekking as a transformative, spiritual practice. Book Information

: Reviewers from L’Événement describe the book as more than a travelogue, characterizing it as a humble, universal quest for human connection. Winds of the Steppe: Walking the Great Silk Roa...

The English translation by Dan Golembeski was published by Skyhorse Publishing in 2020. It is the conclusion to a trilogy that includes his previous works, Out of Istanbul and Walking to Samarkand . : Ollivier, who founded the Seuil Association to

: Ollivier travels through some of the world's most formidable terrain, including the Pamir and Tian Shan Mountains and the "deathly" Taklamakan and Gobi Deserts. It is the conclusion to a trilogy that

" Winds of the Steppe: Walking the Great Silk Road from Central Asia to China " is a non-fiction travel memoir by retired French journalist Bernard Ollivier . It chronicles the third and final leg of his massive 7,200-mile solo walking journey from Turkey to China.