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gorgeous book explores cities near and far through individual stories of people Kociejowski meets along the way, whether it's delving into the very roots of what make creativity as he spends the day with a calligrapher in Aleppo or remembering the “people who guided him over and beneath surfaces” in Iran.
It's timely book and a timeless one, and sitelinkI highly recommend it to anyone who wants a deeper understanding of all that makes us human.
it was a pleasure to read the observations of a man of such curious intellect, This little collection is so much more than travel writing, indeed, this maybe a genre unto itself, Kociejowski accomplishes what is so often difficult with world travel, connecting with people outside of his own native culture without condescension or pity.
He truly paints a portrait of real people living real lives that have nothing to do with our Western eyes, I look forward to reading his earlier work, Longlisted for theRBC Taylor Prize Zoroaster's Children brings together the best of Marius Kociejowski's travel writing, A companion volume to last year's critically acclaimed The Pebble Chance , these essays, conceived somewhere between "a waning moon and the nerves behind a flayed man's face," evince the deep absorption in a people and place which are the hallmark of great travel writers.
Marius Kociejowski is the awardwinning author of four collections of poetry, two celebrated travel memoirs, and a collection of his best essays, The Pebble Chance.
He lives and works as a bookseller in London, England, Kociejowski greatly impressed me with Zoroasters Children, Im reluctant to compare him with Christopher Hitchens, mainly because most people undergo an almost churlish transformation when I mention Hitchens, and the last thing I want to do is discourage reading of this exceptional book.
However, I cant think of any more fitting comparison to Kociejowski both have a similar confidence and honesty to their writing, and both write with a very clear and unique voice.
I also find myself walking away from Zoroasters Children with a huge addition to my reading pile, much like when I finished sitelinkArguably.
Zoroasters Children is a collection of essays about Kociejowskis experiences while travelling to such farflung locales as Iran, Syria, Sri Lanka, France, Sicily, and Canada.
While his descriptions of the places can be impressive or touchingI nearly wept at his descriptions of the oncelovely Syrian countryside, when considering how it must now lookat its heart, this book is about people.
Kociejowski shows his incredible empathy throughout, and takes great care to learn whatever he can about culture, history, and religion in such widely different places I suspect this lends something to the explanation of why he never seems to have any trouble locating kind and helpful people wherever he goes.
People open up and share very intimate pieces of themselves with the author, and this is a major part of what makes Zoroasters Children so compelling: Kociejowski finds a similar compassion no matter where his journeys take him, and he contrasts it against the trials and cruelties people are forced to endure.
Zoroasters Children is heartfelt and poetic, written with a candid honesty, the likes of which are rarely seen in modern literature.
Marius Kociejowski was born inin Bishop Mills, Ontario, In, he left Canada and later settled in London, Mr. Kociejowskis father mother were Polish English, respectively, His first collection of poetry was Coast, published by Greville Press in, Anvil Press then published Doctor Honoris Causaand Musics Bride, A Canadian edition of his poems, which collected the above, So Dance the Lords of Language, was published by Porcupines Quill in, He has also published two books on Syria, The Street Philosopher and the Holy Fool: A Syrian Journey Sutton,and a sequel, The Pigeon Wars of Damascus Biblioasis,, and edited the anthology Syria through Writers Eyes Eland,.
He lives in London and Marius Kociejowski was born inin Bishop Mills, Ontario, In, he left Canada and later settled in London, Mr. Kociejowski's father mother were Polish English, respectively, His first collection of poetry was Coast, published by Greville Press in, Anvil Press then published Doctor Honoris Causaand Music's Bride, A Canadian edition of his poems, which collected the above, So Dance the Lords of Language, was published by Porcupine's Quill in, He has also published two books on Syria, The Street Philosopher and the Holy Fool: A Syrian Journey Sutton,and a sequel, The Pigeon Wars of Damascus Biblioasis,, and edited the anthology Syria through Writers' Eyes Eland,.
He lives in London and is currently at work on a record of a world journey through London's exiled and émigré artists, writers, poets and musicians.
This data is taken from PN , VolumeNumber, January February, in conversation with Marius Kociejowski by Evan Jones Accessed at sitelink sitelink,