The Mediterranean coast of Turkey, also known as the -Turquoise Coast, - is rich with natural beauty and historic remains. In the spring and summer of 1965 Michael Pereira set out to discover this region, before a government push to develop the area for tourism forever altered the landscape. Mountains and a Shore is Pereira's account of his travels.
Starting his journey in Antalya, Pereira crisscrosses the coast from Marmaris to Mersin. He travels by bus, lorry--even donkey--for he believes, -It is only by travelling in the same style as the people of the country that one can...
The Mediterranean coast of Turkey, also known as the -Turquoise Coast, - is rich with natural beauty and historic remains. In the spring and summer...
Celebrated poet David Mason reviews the work and lives of writers who traveled, who emigrated or were exiled, who shaped the literature of their homelands. Mason writes about seasoned travelers (Patrick Leigh Fermor, Bruce Chatwin, Joseph Conrad, Herodotus himself); about writers far from their birthplaces whose work nonetheless is deeply reflective of their native lands (James Joyce, Kevin Hart); and writers whose voices come to represent their region (in this case Mason focuses on the American West: Wallace Stegner, Edward Abbey, Belle Turnbull, Robinson Jeffers).
Mason explores...
Celebrated poet David Mason reviews the work and lives of writers who traveled, who emigrated or were exiled, who shaped the literature of their ho...
