The Liquid Continent (Armchair Traveller): Travels Through Alexandria, Venice and Istanbul - Softcover
This omnibus edition brings together the three books of Nicholas Woodsworth’s critically-acclaimed Mediterranean Trilogy in a single volume for the first time, allowing the reader to fully appreciate the scope of Woodsworth’s search for a distinctively Mediterranean ‘cosmopolitanism’. Combining travel narrative, history and reflection on contemporary lives and cultures, Woodsworth finds an intimacy, a garrulous warmth and a near-tribal sociability as he travels from Alexandria, through Venice and finally installs himself in a former Benedictine monastery in Istanbul overlooking the Golden Horn. Responding to this experience, he argues that the sea should not be seen as an empty space surrounded by Europe, Asia and Africa, but as a single entity, a place from whose coastlines people look inwards over the water to each other, for it has its own cities, its own life, its own way of being.
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‘[Woodsworth’s] enchanting journey around the old seaports... a Mediterranean trilogy to cherish’ (The Guardian)
‘An astute reporter with a dry humour and an impressive eye for detail’ (Sunday Telegraph)
About the Author:
‘An astute reporter with a dry humour and an impressive eye for detail’ (Sunday Telegraph)
Nicholas Woodsworth is the former Africa correspondent of the Financial Times. He is now a writer, freelance journalist and photographer living in France.
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- PublisherHaus Publishing Limited
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 1906598754
- ISBN 13 9781906598754
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages500
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. "A beautifully written trilogy."—"Wanderlust" Published to critical acclaim in 2008, Nicholas Woodsworth's "Mediterranean Trilogy," released originally in three volumes, is now available in a single paperback edition. Combining travel narrative, history, and reflection on contemporary Mediterranean life, Woodsworth finds an intimacy, a garrulous warmth, and a near-tribal sociability that belongs uniquely to the cities on the fringe of this sea. It is neither African, nor European, nor Middle Eastern, but it is identifiable; it is Mediterranean. This sea, he argues, should not be seen as an empty space surrounded by Europe, Asia, and Africa, but as a single entity, a place from whose coastlines people look not outward, to this country or that capital, but inward, over the water to each other. The sea, Woodsworth tells us, has its own cities, its own life, its own way of being. Woodsworth sets out from Alexandria, discovers the intimacies of Venice rarely witnessed by those on the tourist trail, and then, through Albania and toward the Aegean archipelago, arrives at Istanbul, where he installs himself in a former Benedictine monastery overlooking the Golden Horn. In all these places he finds traces of an older, more sophisticated existence and asks what these cities and their inhabitants owe to the sea. Nicholas Woodsworth was born in Ottawa, Canada. He was the Africa correspondent of the "Financial Times" and is the author of "Seeking Provence" (Haus Publishing, 2008). The complete "Mediterranean" trilogy in one volume, combining travel narrative, history and observation. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781906598754
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