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The Parthian Stations
John Ash
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Description for The Parthian Stations
Paperback. Beginning with his departure from New York to Istanbul, the author discusses a journey, not so much between contrasting cities as 'between different versions of the same city', to a place that is exotic and familiar, spanning West and East, past and present, where cultures and histories intersect. Num Pages: 106 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 8. Weight in Grams: 154.
The document known as "The Parthian Stations" is an account of the overland route from Antioch to the borders of India in the first century BC. John Ash's own "Parthian Stations" begins with his departure from New York to Istanbul. It is a journey, as he writes, not so much between contrasting cities as 'between different versions of the same city', to a place that is exotic and familiar, spanning West and East, past and present, where cultures and histories intersect. It holds memories and encounters: time dissolves, but it is also vividly real, with buses, restaurants and meetings with ... Read more
The document known as "The Parthian Stations" is an account of the overland route from Antioch to the borders of India in the first century BC. John Ash's own "Parthian Stations" begins with his departure from New York to Istanbul. It is a journey, as he writes, not so much between contrasting cities as 'between different versions of the same city', to a place that is exotic and familiar, spanning West and East, past and present, where cultures and histories intersect. It holds memories and encounters: time dissolves, but it is also vividly real, with buses, restaurants and meetings with ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
106
Condition
New
Number of Pages
106
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781857548723
SKU
V9781857548723
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-24
About John Ash
Born in Manchester in 1948, John Ash read English at the University of Birmingham. He taught for a year in Cyprus. His Carcanet books include The Goodbyes (Poetry Book Society Choice, 1982), The Branching Stairs (1984), Disbelief (PBS Choice 1987) and The Burnt Pages (1991). His latest collection Anatolikon and To the City was published by Carcanet in 2002.
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