A Time to Keep Silence - Rilegato

Fermor, Patrick Leigh

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ISBN 10: 0719539633 ISBN 13: 9780719539633

Casa editrice: John Murray Publishers Ltd, 1989

Riassunto

From the French Abbey of St Wandrille to the abandoned and awesome Rock Monasteries of Cappadocia in Turkey, the celebrated travel writer Patrick Leigh Fermor studies the rigorous contemplative lives of the monks and the timeless beauty of their monastic surroundings. In his occasional retreats, the peaceful solitude and the calm enchantment of the monasteries was passed on as a kind of 'supernatural windfall' which A Time to Keep Silence so effortlessly records.

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Descrizione del libro:

A wonderful insight into the calm and contemplative world of the monastery from a premier travel writer.

L'autore:

Patrick Leigh Fermor is of English and Irish descent. After his stormy schooldays, followed by his walk across Europe to Constantinople, he lived and travelled in the Balkans and the Greek archipelago acquiring a deep interest in languages and remote places. He joined the Irish Guards, became a liaison officer in Albania, fought in Greece and Crete where, during the German occupation, he returned three times (once by parachute). Disguised as a shepherd he lived for over two years in the mountains, organising the resistance, and led the party that captured and evacuated the German Commander, General Kreipe. He was awarded the DSO and OBE, was made Honorary Citizen of Heraklion, and later of Kardamyli and Gytheion.

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• Editore: John Murray Publishers Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0719539633
• ISBN 13: 9780719539633
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 96