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Mani : Travels in the Southern Peloponnese by Patrick Leigh Fermor (2006, Perfect)
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Join a classic adventurer on his travels throughout southern Greece, where he explores remote villages, swims in the Aegean and Ionian seas, and finds history wherever he goes.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherNew York Review of Books, Incorporated, T.H.E.
ISBN-101590171888
ISBN-139781590171882
eBay Product ID (ePID)51588638
Product Key Features
Book TitleMani : Travels in the Southern Peloponnese
Number of Pages376 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2006
TopicPersonal Memoirs, Adventurers & Explorers, Europe / Greece
IllustratorYes
GenreTravel, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorPatrick Leigh Fermor
FormatPerfect
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight14 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2005-022734
Reviews"There is only one complaint I can think of making about Patrick Leigh Fermor's books: They appear too seldom. When they do appear, they offer that kindest of pleasures open to a reviewerthe chance of unqualified praise." The New York Times " Mani and Roumeli : two of the best travel books of the century." Financial Times "...Mani and Roumeli remain extraordinarily engaging books. This is partly thanks to Leigh Fermor's ability to turn an insight into a telling phrase ...and partly thanks to his capacity to weave a compelling story out of sometimes unpromising material. One of the best tales of all is the hilarious digression in Roumeli on the attempted recovery of a pair of Byron's slippers from a man in Missolonghi, on behalf of Byron's very odd great-granddaughter Lady Wentworth...When you see through all the nonsense about Hellenic continuity, there is, underneath, a much more nuanced account of the ambivalences of modern Greece, its people and its myths (its own myths about itself and us, as much as our myths about it)."Mary Beard, The London Review of Books Praise for Patrick Leigh Fermor: "[O]ne of the greatest travel writers of all time" The Sunday Times "[A] unique mixture of hero, historian, traveler and writer; the last and the greatest of a generation whose like we won't see again." Geographical "The finest traveling companion we could ever have . . . His head is stocked with enough cultural lore and poetic fancy to make every league an adventure." Evening Standard, " There is only one complaint I can think of making about Patrick Leigh Fermor' s books: They appear too seldom. When they do appear, they offer that kindest of pleasures open to a reviewer- the chance of unqualified praise." - "The New York Times" " "Mani" and "Roumeli": two of the best travel books of the century." - "Financial Times" "" ... Mani" and "Roumeli" remain extraordinarily engaging books. This is partly thanks to Leigh Fermor' s ability to turn an insight into a telling phrase ... and partly thanks to his capacity to weave a compelling story out of sometimes unpromising material. One of the best tales of all is the hilarious digression in "Roumeli" on the attempted recovery of a pair of Byron' s slippers from a man in Missolonghi, on behalf of Byron' s very odd great-granddaughter Lady Wentworth... When you see through all the nonsense about Hellenic continuity, there is, underneath, a much more nuanced account of the ambivalences of modern Greece, its people and its myths (its own myths about itself and us, as much as our myths about it)." - Mary Beard, "The London Review of Books" Praise for Patrick Leigh Fermor: " [O]ne of the greatest travel writers of all time" - "The Sunday Times" " [A] unique mixture of hero, historian, traveler and writer; the last and the greatest of a generation whose like we won't see again." - "Geographical" " The finest traveling companion we could ever have . . . His head is stocked with enough cultural lore and poetic fancy to make every league an adventure." - "Evening Standard", "His greatest book, Mani , was about a journey through that little-known and, at the time, archaic region….[He] travelled [sic] simply, staying with fishermen and farmers, which enabled him to capture the essence of the region….Almost every page has its own literary tour de force, often with intimidating displays of learning and research mixed with fantasy, imagination and acute descriptions of the scene itself." - Robin Hanbury-Tenison, Geographical "Patrick Leigh Fermor has written great travel books besides Roumeli and Mani , but I like to think that his extraordinary style is especially well suited to the subject of Greece, that the beautiful cragginess and almost blinding brilliance of his prose correspond particularly to that country's rugged, dazzled landscapes. Here Fermor establishes an ideal of travel writing: no one responds to a people and a place with more erudition and sensitivity." - Benjamin Kunkel "A really beautiful book of travel in an almost wholly unknown part of Europe, among people who still belong largely to the tough simple Middle Ages; and it shows not only their charm and vigor, but the delights which still await the explorer of Greece." - Gilbert Highet "Mani and Roumeli : two of the best travel books of the century." - Financial Times Praise for Patrick Leigh Fermor: "One of the greatest travel writers of all time" The Sunday Times "A unique mixture of hero, historian, traveler and writer; the last and the greatest of a generation whose like we won't see again." Geographical "The finest traveling companion we could ever have . . . His head is stocked with enough cultural lore and poetic fancy to make every league an adventure." Evening Standard If all Europe were laid waste tomorrow, one might do worse than attempt to recreate it, or at least to preserve some sense of historical splendor and variety, by immersing oneself in the travel books of Patrick Leigh Fermor."-Ben Downing, The Paris Review, "There is only one complaint I can think of making about Patrick Leigh Fermor's books: They appear too seldom. When they do appear, they offer that kindest of pleasures open to a reviewer-the chance of unqualified praise." -"The New York Times" ""Mani" and "Roumeli": two of the best travel books of the century."- "Financial Times" .."."Mani" and "Roumeli" remain extraordinarily engaging books. This is partly thanks to Leigh Fermor's ability to turn an insight into a telling phrase ...and partly thanks to his capacity to weave a compelling story out of sometimes unpromising material. One of the best tales of all is the hilarious digression in "Roumeli" on the attempted recovery of a pair of Byron's slippers from a man in Missolonghi, on behalf of Byron's very odd great-granddaughter Lady Wentworth...When you see through all the nonsense about Hellenic continuity, there is, underneath, a much more nuanced account of the ambivalences of modern Greece, its people and its myths (its own myths about itself and us, as much as our myths about it)."-Mary Beard, "The London Review of Books" Praise for Patrick Leigh Fermor: "ÝO¨ne of the greatest travel writers of all time"-"The Sunday Times" "ÝA¨ unique mixture of hero, historian, traveler and writer; the last and the greatest of a generation whose like we won't see again."-"Geographical" "The finest traveling companion we could ever have . . . His head is stocked with enough cultural lore and poetic fancy to make every league an adventure." -"Evening Standard", "There is only one complaint I can think of making about Patrick Leigh Fermor's books: They appear too seldom. When they do appear, they offer that kindest of pleasures open to a reviewerthe chance of unqualified praise." The New York Times "ManiandRoumeli: two of the best travel books of the century."Financial Times "…ManiandRoumeliremain extraordinarily engaging books. This is partly thanks to Leigh Fermor's ability to turn an insight into a telling phrase …and partly thanks to his capacity to weave a compelling story out of sometimes unpromising material. One of the best tales of all is the hilarious digression inRoumelion the attempted recovery of a pair of Byron's slippers from a man in Missolonghi, on behalf of Byron's very odd great-granddaughter Lady Wentworth…When you see through all the nonsense about Hellenic continuity, there is, underneath, a much more nuanced account of the ambivalences of modern Greece, its people and its myths (its own myths about itself and us, as much as our myths about it)."Mary Beard,The London Review of Books Praise for Patrick Leigh Fermor: "[O]ne of the greatest travel writers of all time"The Sunday Times "[A] unique mixture of hero, historian, traveler and writer; the last and the greatest of a generation whose like we won't see again."Geographical "The finest traveling companion we could ever have . . . His head is stocked with enough cultural lore and poetic fancy to make every league an adventure." Evening Standard, "His greatest book, Mani , was about a journey through that little-known and, at the time, archaic region....[He] travelled [sic] simply, staying with fishermen and farmers, which enabled him to capture the essence of the region....Almost every page has its own literary tour de force, often with intimidating displays of learning and research mixed with fantasy, imagination and acute descriptions of the scene itself." -- Robin Hanbury-Tenison, Geographical "Patrick Leigh Fermor has written great travel books besides Roumeli and Mani , but I like to think that his extraordinary style is especially well suited to the subject of Greece, that the beautiful cragginess and almost blinding brilliance of his prose correspond particularly to that country's rugged, dazzled landscapes. Here Fermor establishes an ideal of travel writing: no one responds to a people and a place with more erudition and sensitivity." -- Benjamin Kunkel "A really beautiful book of travel in an almost wholly unknown part of Europe, among people who still belong largely to the tough simple Middle Ages; and it shows not only their charm and vigor, but the delights which still await the explorer of Greece." -- Gilbert Highet "Mani and Roumeli : two of the best travel books of the century." -- Financial Times Praise for Patrick Leigh Fermor: "One of the greatest travel writers of all time"- The Sunday Times "A unique mixture of hero, historian, traveler and writer; the last and the greatest of a generation whose like we won't see again."- Geographical "The finest traveling companion we could ever have . . . His head is stocked with enough cultural lore and poetic fancy to make every league an adventure." - Evening Standard If all Europe were laid waste tomorrow, one might do worse than attempt to recreate it, or at least to preserve some sense of historical splendor and variety, by immersing oneself in the travel books of Patrick Leigh Fermor."--Ben Downing, The Paris Review
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal914.95/22
SynopsisJoin a classic adventurer on his travels throughout southern Greece, where he explores remote villages, swims in the Aegean and Ionian seas, and finds history wherever he goes. The Mani, at the tip of Greece's--and Europe's--southernmost promontory, is one of the most isolated regions of the world. Cut off from the rest of the country by the towering range of the Taygetus and hemmed in by the Aegean and Ionian seas, it is a land where the past is still very much a part of its people's daily lives. Patrick Leigh Fermor, who has been described as "a cross between Indiana Jones, James Bond, and Graham Greene," bridges the genres of adventure story, travel writing, and memoir to reveal an ancient world living alongside the twentieth century. Here, in the book that confirmed his reputation as one of the English language's finest writers of prose, Patrick Leigh Fermor carries the reader with him on his journeys among the Greeks of the mountains, exploring their history and time-honored lore. Mani is a companion volume to Patrick Leigh Fermor's celebrated Roumeli: Travels in Northern Greece ., The Mani, at the tip of Greece' s- and Europe' s- southernmost promontory, is one of the most isolated regions of the world. Cut off from the rest of the country by the towering range of the Taygetus and hemmed in by the Aegean and Ionian seas, it is a land where the past is still very much a part of its people' s daily lives. Patrick Leigh Fermor, who has been described as " a cross between Indiana Jones, James Bond, and Graham Greene, " bridges the genres of adventure story, travel writing, and memoir to reveal an ancient world living alongside the twentieth century. Here, in the book that confirmed his reputation as one of the English language' s finest writers of prose, Patrick Leigh Fermor carries the reader with him on his journeys among the Greeks of the mountains, exploring their history and time-honored lore. "Mani" is a companion volume to Patrick Leigh Fermor' s celebrated "Roumeli: Travels in Northern Greece.", Located at the heart of Europe's southernmost promontory, the Mani is one of the wildest, most isolated regions in Greece. In this fascinating book, Fermor bridges the genres of adventure story, travel writing, and memoir to unfurl "the green and gold and gentle shades" of this undisturbed landscape.
LC Classification NumberDF901.M34F47 2006
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