Distant Horizons

Distant Horizons is the third travelogue by Ukrainian traveler, writer and photographer Sofia Yablonska, chronicling her journey around the world. Yablonska wrote the book during her travels in 1934–1935, though she continued editing it for years and it was first published only in 1939 in Lviv. The novel reads like a travel diary the author returned to in order to capture the most striking moments of her journey: recording remarkable places, describing disappearing peoples and confiding deeply personal experiences — including encounters with a Vietnamese prince — as well as reflections on the colonial systems she witnessed while traveling through Dutch and French colonies.