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Sto caricando le informazioni... South from Ephesus: Travels in Aegean Turkeydi Brian Sewell
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. I started reading this book with enthusiasm, but by chapter 3 or 4 that had almost been beaten out of me. I got to chapter 5 before deciding to take a break from it. This is potentially an interesting subject, and there are glimpses of great humour. However, the gaps are filled with extremely long sections on ancient mythology and some history, often written with little respect. I'm sure the author is knowledgeable, but his attempts to be entertaining fall short of the likes of Theroux and Bryson. ( ) At times this really is an enjoyable book. Sadly, those occasions are rare indeed, and most of this work is stodgy like a plate of old chips reheated in the microwave. When Sewell works best is when he works as a travel writer and not as a pompous art historian (the three words seem almost inseparable). And why the need for so many subtitles? I counted at least four. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
Weary of what he called the "tyranny" of western art, Brian Sewell first visited Turkey--a country that had captivated him since he was a boy--in 1975. He thought that there, anything he found would have no relevance to the European art that he had so compulsively "stitched in to the dense fabric of my art-historical memory" and that he could therefore enjoy the art for its own sake. But Turkey surprised him, and he delighted in the unexpected wealth of Greek, Roman, Byzantine, and Islamic cultures there, returning three of four times a year until 1990. The bulk of this book focuses on his journey from Ephesus to Side one winter. With typically acerbic commentary, Sewell describes (not always favorably) the archaeological and historical sites he comes across, the landscapes that so clearly thrill him, the encounters he has along the way, and the fractious, though wonderfully funny, relationship he forms with Ayhan, his driver. This is a book thatcould only have been written by Sewell and has become a quirky classic of travel literature. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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