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The Station: Travels to the Holy Mountain of Greece

By Robert Byron

Book information

Publisher
Tauris Parke Paperbacks
Year
2010
ISBN
1848855079, 9781848855076
LCC
BX385.A8 B97 2011
Open Library ID
OL25254140M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
19 MB (20269958 bytes)
Pages
265\265
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00

Description

Mount Athos, the spiritual heart of Eastern Orthodox Monasticism, is perhaps the most sacred and mysterious place in Greece; it is an autonomous state where no woman can set foot and which has its own calendar and time.  In 1927, at the age of 22, Robert Byron journeyed to Athos with his friends and embarked on an adventure that would influence him for the rest of his life.  Through compelling descriptions of the monks of Athos, their daily lives, and the treasures held in their monasteries, Byron illuminates an ancient and enigmatic world long shrouded from the eyes of outsiders. Written nine years before his classic The Road to Oxiana, The Station reveals the roots of a fascination with the Byzantine world that would become refined in Byron's later writings and establish him as one of the pre-eminent writers of his generation.

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