Mani - Hardcover

Leigh Fermor, Patrick

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0719504252 ISBN 13: 9780719504259

Publisher: John Murray, 1980

Synopsis

Mani: Travels in the Southern Peloponnese

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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:
" [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"

"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

-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

Book Description

A glorious fusion of scholarship, history and imagination: mountainous Greece by the master traveller and writer who brought you A Time of Gifts.

About this edition

• Publisher: John Murray
• Publication date: 1980
• ISBN 10: 0719504252
• ISBN 13: 9780719504259
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320