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About the Book

Australian award-winning journalist Mark Mordue invites you on his world trip that ranges from a Rolling Stones concert in Istanbul to talking with mullahs and junkies in Tehran, and from a cricket match in Calcutta to an S&M bar in New York, in addition to many points in between. Mordue chronicles his year-long global journey with his girlfriend, Lisa Nicol, exploring countries most Americans never see as well as issues of world citizenship in the 21st century. Written in the tradition of literary journalism, Dastgah will take you to all kinds of places, across the world . . . and inside yourself.

About the Author :
MARK MORDUE is a writer, journalist, and editor. His work has been published in Interview, Madison, Speak, The Nation, and Salon in the U.S., as well as Rolling Stone, Vogue, GQ, The Australian, and Sydney Morning Herald in Australia. Mordue is the winner of a 1992 Human Rights Media Award, and from 1992 to 1997 he was the founding editor of Australia's leading pop culture magazine, Australian Style.

Review :
I JUST TOOK A TRIP around the world in one go, first zigzagging my way through this incredible book, and finally, almost feverishly, making sure I hadn't missed out on a chapter along the way. I'm not sure what I'd call it now: A road movie of the mind, a diary, a love story, a new version of the subterranean homesick and wanderlust blues -- anyway, it's a great ride. Paul Bowles and Kerouac are in the back, and Mark Mordue has taken over the wheel of that pickup truck from Bruce Chatwin, who's dozing in the passenger seat. --WIM WENDERS, director of Paris, Texas; Wings of Desire; and The Buena Vista Social Club. WIDE-AWAKE AND SENSUOUSLY LYRICAL, Mark Mordue's Dastgah gets in behind the shell of the familiar, reminding us that the world is vast and strange and that everything is -- in case we've forgotten -- happening for the first time. --SVEN BIRKERTS, editor of AGNI and author of My Sky Blue Trades: Growing Up Counter in a Contrary Time AN EXTRAORDINARY AND DAZZLING VOYAGE across continents and into the mind. Mordue's book is almost impossible to summarize -- reportage, reflection and poetry are all conjured onto the page as he grapples with the state of the world and his place in it. --GILES MILTON, author of Nathaniel's Nutmeg: Or, the True and Incredible Adventures of the Spice Trader Who Changed the Course of History A lovely, fascinating book. --DAVID ALMOND, author of The Fire-Eaters and 2003 Whitbread Award Winner METICULOUSLY ASSEMBLED... Mordue has elevated Dastgah beyond the realms of the traditional travelogue by sharing not only what he learned about cultures he visited, but also his brutally honest self-discoveries. --ELLE A LOVELY IMPRESSIONISTIC BOOK... idiosyncratic, entertaining, vulnerable and unpretentious ... Mordue skitters between worlds, not sparing his readers the contrast. --NEWSWEEK DASTGAH IS MUCH MORE about what it means to be a traveler than a travel book. This is brave writing, unafraid to open itself to awkward emotions with honesty and passion. --MARIE CLAIRE


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780971691568
  • Publisher: Hawthorne Books
  • Publisher Imprint: Hawthorne Books
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 309
  • Spine Width: 18 mm
  • Weight: 411 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0971691568
  • Publisher Date: 01 Oct 2004
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: Diary of a Headtrip
  • Width: 140 mm


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