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Perseus in the Wind
A Life of Travel
Taschenbuch von Freya Stark
Sprache: Englisch

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'She has written the best travel books of her generation and her name will survive as an artist in prose.' - The Observer

Written just after the Second World War, Perseus in the Wind (named after the constellation) is perhaps the most personal, and haunting, of all Freya Stark's writings. She muses on the seasons, the effect light has on a landscape at a particular time of day, the smell of the earth after rain, Muslim saints, Indian temples, war and old age.

Each chapter is devoted to a particular theme: happiness (simple pleasures, like her father's passion for the view from his cabin in Canada); education (to be able to command happiness, recognise beauty, value death, increase enjoyment); beauty (incongruous, flighty and elusive - a description of the stars, the burst of flowers in a park); death (a childhood awareness of the finality of time, the meaningfulness of the end); memory (the jewelled quality of literature, pleasure, love, an echo or a scent when aged by the passage of time).

For those who have loved her travel writing, Perseus in the Wind illuminates the motivations behind Freya Stark's journeys and the woman behind the traveller.
'She has written the best travel books of her generation and her name will survive as an artist in prose.' - The Observer

Written just after the Second World War, Perseus in the Wind (named after the constellation) is perhaps the most personal, and haunting, of all Freya Stark's writings. She muses on the seasons, the effect light has on a landscape at a particular time of day, the smell of the earth after rain, Muslim saints, Indian temples, war and old age.

Each chapter is devoted to a particular theme: happiness (simple pleasures, like her father's passion for the view from his cabin in Canada); education (to be able to command happiness, recognise beauty, value death, increase enjoyment); beauty (incongruous, flighty and elusive - a description of the stars, the burst of flowers in a park); death (a childhood awareness of the finality of time, the meaningfulness of the end); memory (the jewelled quality of literature, pleasure, love, an echo or a scent when aged by the passage of time).

For those who have loved her travel writing, Perseus in the Wind illuminates the motivations behind Freya Stark's journeys and the woman behind the traveller.
Über den Autor
Freya Stark (1893-1993), 'the poet of travel', was the doyenne of Middle East writers and one of the most courageous and adventurous female travellers in history. She explored Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, Iran, Iraq and Southern Arabia, where she became the first western woman to journey through the Hadhramaut. Usually solo, she ventured to places few Europeans had ever been. She received the title of Dame and her many, now classic, books include Travels in the Near East, A Winter in Arabia, The Southern Gates of Arabia, Alexander's Path, Dust in the Lion's Paw, East is West and Valleys of the Assassins.
Zusammenfassung
Freya Stark illuminates the motivations behind her journeys and the woman behind the traveller.
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword

1. The Pagan Gown
2. Service
3. Happiness
4. Education
5. Beauty
6. Death
7. Memory
8. Individuals
9. The Artist
10. Style
11. Words
12. Giving and Receiving
13. Women's Education
14. Mutability
15. Love
16. Sorrow
17. Choice and Toleration
18. Travel
19. Courage
20. Old Age

Epilogue
Notes

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Genre: Biographien
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781838601812
ISBN-10: 1838601813
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Stark, Freya
Hersteller: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Maße: 198 x 130 x 15 mm
Von/Mit: Freya Stark
Erscheinungsdatum: 16.05.2019
Gewicht: 0,164 kg
Artikel-ID: 115568207
Über den Autor
Freya Stark (1893-1993), 'the poet of travel', was the doyenne of Middle East writers and one of the most courageous and adventurous female travellers in history. She explored Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, Iran, Iraq and Southern Arabia, where she became the first western woman to journey through the Hadhramaut. Usually solo, she ventured to places few Europeans had ever been. She received the title of Dame and her many, now classic, books include Travels in the Near East, A Winter in Arabia, The Southern Gates of Arabia, Alexander's Path, Dust in the Lion's Paw, East is West and Valleys of the Assassins.
Zusammenfassung
Freya Stark illuminates the motivations behind her journeys and the woman behind the traveller.
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword

1. The Pagan Gown
2. Service
3. Happiness
4. Education
5. Beauty
6. Death
7. Memory
8. Individuals
9. The Artist
10. Style
11. Words
12. Giving and Receiving
13. Women's Education
14. Mutability
15. Love
16. Sorrow
17. Choice and Toleration
18. Travel
19. Courage
20. Old Age

Epilogue
Notes

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Genre: Biographien
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781838601812
ISBN-10: 1838601813
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Stark, Freya
Hersteller: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Maße: 198 x 130 x 15 mm
Von/Mit: Freya Stark
Erscheinungsdatum: 16.05.2019
Gewicht: 0,164 kg
Artikel-ID: 115568207
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