Saless is the publisher of the book originally released in 1974. It was translated into Persian by Eftekhar Nabavinejad.
In 1939, travel writer and journalist Maillart set off on an epic journey from Geneva to Kabul with fellow writer Annemarie Schwarzenbach in a brand-new Ford.
As the first European women to travel alone on Afghanistan's Northern Road, Maillart and Schwarzenbach had a rare glimpse of life in Iran and Afghanistan at a time when their borders were rarely crossed by Westerners.
As the two dashes across Europe and the Near East in a streak of elan and daring, Maillart writes of comical mishaps, breathtaking landscapes, vitriolic religious clashes, and the ingenuity with which the women navigated what was often a dangerous journey.
In beautiful, clear-eyed prose, ''The Cuel Way'' shows Maillart's great ability to explore and experience other cultures in writing both lyrical and deeply empathetic.
While the core of the book is the journey itsef and their interactions with people oppressed by political conflict and poverty, towards the end of the trip the women's increasingly troubled realationship tales center stage.
By then the glamouous, androgynous Schwarzenbach, whose own account of the trip can be found in ''All the Roads Are Open'',is fighting a losing battle with her own drug addiction, and Maillart's frustrated attempts to cure her show the profound depth of their relationship.
Complete with thirteen of Maillart's own photographs from the journey, ''The Cruel Way'' is a classic of travel writing, and its protagonists are as gripping and fearless as any in literature.
Source:Tehran Times