All Kinds of Magic: One Man's Search for Meaning Across the Modern World - Softcover

Moore Ede, Piers

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1408809621 ISBN 13: 9781408809624

Publisher: Bloomsbury Paperbacks, 2011

Synopsis

A personal search for the mystical and miraculous, from the acclaimed author of Honey and Dust

'So sincere and carefully told that the result cannot help but move' Financial Times

'Terrific ... Unpretentious, often funny, but also powerfully expressive of experiences beyond language and reason, it's a book which rises to the challenge of its subject with skill and considerable grace' Wanderlust

This is the story of a man who embarked on a quest that many of us have dreamed about. Disillusioned by a world hooked on material wealth and scientific fact, he decided to travel across the globe in search of something more meaningful: the magical, the mystical.

His journey takes him from snow-blanketed villages in the Himalayas to tiny, covert communities of whirling dervishes in rural Turkey; from the world's largest religious festival on the banks of the swollen Ganges to a dappled, ancient Sufi quarter in Delhi. Lyrical and clear-sighted, All Kinds of Magic is a fascinating exploration of the hidden world of miracles that is at once deeply personal and universal in its scope.

About this title

About the Author

Piers Moore Ede has worked as a farmer, boat driver, surfing instructor, poetry teacher, and baker. He has travelled widely, and contributed to many literary, travel and environmental publications including the Daily Telegraph, the Times Literary Supplement, Ecologist, Traveller and Earth Island Journal. He is the author of Honey and Dust, winner of a D.H. Lawrence Prize for Travel Writing, and All Kinds of Magic.

www.piersmooreede.com

Edition details

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Paperbacks
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1408809621
• ISBN 13: 9781408809624
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288