Orient Express: A Travel Memoir by John Dos Passos (.ePUB)
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Orient Express: A Travel Memoir by John Dos Passos
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Overview: Before John Dos Passos enjoyed fame as a chronicler and critic of American society, he won recognition for his command of aesthetics. Orient Express, a memoir of the author’s travels through Eastern Europe, the Near East and the Middle East, focuses on sights, sounds and smells rather than plot or character. Dos Passos applies his instincts as a painter to mountain ranges and grimy alleyways, finding beauty everywhere.
His tour extends from Tiflis, Georgia, to Erivan, Armenia, and Marrakesh, Morocco and from Kasvin, Iran, to Baghdad, Iraq, and Damascus, Syria. He crosses the Syrian Desert, observes the aftermath of the Greek-Turkish War, climbs the Caucasus, explores Persia during the rise of Reza Kahn and records the creation of Iraq by the British. His message is clear and relevant to contemporary travelers: holiness and happiness abounds in the East as much as the West.
Genre: Non-Fiction > Biographies & Memoirs
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