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Mirror to Damascus
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Product Description
Described by the author as simply 'a work of love', "Mirror to Damascus" provides an enthralling and fascinating history of Damascus from the Amorites of the Bible to the revolution of 1966, as well a being a charming and witty personal record of a city well-loved. In explaining how modern Damascus is rooted in immemoriable layers of culture and tradition, Colin Thubron explores the historical, artistic, social and religious inheritance of the Damascenes in an amusing and perceptive manner, whilst interspersing the narrative with innumerable anecdotes about travellers of bygone days. "Mirror to Damascus" is a unique portrait of a city now obscured by recent upheavals, by one of the most indefatigable and popular of travel writers.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #12269 in Books
- Published on: 2008-12-04
- Original language: English
- Binding: Paperback
- 240 pages
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About the Author
Colin Thubron is the master of classic travel writing, and a previous winner of the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award. His first writing was about the Middle East - Damascus, Lebanon and Cyprus. In 1982 he travelled all over Russia in an ancient Morris Marina - pursued at every stage by the KGB. From these early experiences developed his travel books: Among the Russians, Behind the Wall, The Lost Heart of Asia and In Siberia (all available in Vintage). So great is his dedication to travelling in Russia and China, that he has learned Russian and Mandarin in order to be able to speak to ordinary people en route.
Customer Reviews
a great travel writer... but...
I love to travel but lack of finance sometimes gets in the way. So I read Colin Thubron's stories. He is my favourite travel writer, but I would like more of the people he meets and less of the history. Because the history needs more vision. In spite of this I would recommend you travel his writings and enjoy..
Do not doubt his love of each country he visits.
I discovered so much more in his book on Jerusalem than I ever did on the rushed tour I did, which made me want to go back and spend more time there.
