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The Silent Traveller in Oxford (Paperback)
Loot Price: R418
Discovery Miles 4 180
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The Silent Traveller in Oxford (Paperback)
Series: Lost & Found S., No. 8
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Loot Price R418
Discovery Miles 4 180
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In 1940 the Chinese writer Chiang Yee arrived in Oxford as a
refugee from the London Blitz, his lodgings having been bombed. He
came to Oxford, he writes, "in rather a turmoil". What was meant to
be a brief escape turned into a five-year stay, an affectionate
relationship with the city, and the fifth in the hugely successful
"Silent Traveller" series. Looking at the city and its historic
university with the curiosity and openness of a complete stranger,
Chiang Yee paints a revealing picture of Oxford's particular
atmosphere, its rituals and traditions. He mixes with
undergraduates and dons, visits pubs and restaurants, witnesses
Union debates and punting on the river, all with a gentle
astonishment and perceptive eye for detail. Chiang Yee explores the
colleges and other student haunts, but also the city and its
surrounds, from Port Meadow to Headington and Hinksey. First
published in 1944, The Silent Traveller in Oxford evokes a wartime
city of shortages and blackouts. It also captures an earlier age of
university life, when students drank sherry and scaled college
walls to escape prowling Bulldogs. Throughout Chiang Yee draws
parallels between Oxford and his native China, comparing the
seasons, architecture, and the nature of learning itself.
Illustrated with the author's own sketches, this book is both an
atmospheric account of 1940s Oxford and a charming "Oriental" view
of one of Britain's best loved cities.
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