Strange Bewildering Time - Istanbul to Kathmandu in the Last Year of the Hippie Trail (Paperback)

A poet and journalist looks back on a remarkable journey from Turkey to Nepal in 1978, when the region was on the brink of massive transformation. In the spring of 1978, at age twenty-two, Mark Abley put aside his studies at Oxford and set off with a friend on a three-month trek across the celebrated Hippie Trail - a sprawling route between Europe and South Asia, peppered with Western bohemians and vagabonds. It was a time when the Shah of Iran still reigned supreme, Afghanistan lay at peace, and city streets from Turkey to India teemed with unrest. Within a year, many of the places he visited would become inaccessible to foreign travellers. Drawing from the tattered notebooks he filled as a youthful wanderer, Abley brings his kaleidoscope of experiences back to life with vivid detail: dancing in a Turkish disco, clambering across a glacier in Kashmir, travelling by train among Baluchi tribesmen who smuggled kitchen appliances over international borders. He also reflects on the impact of the Hippie Trail and the illusions of those who journeyed along it. The lively immediacy of Abley's journals combined with the measured wisdom of his mature, contemporary voice provides rich insight, bringing vibrant witness and historical perspective to this beautifully written portrait of a region during a time of irrevocable change.

General

Imprint:	House of Anansi Press Ltd ,Canada
Country of origin:	Canada
Release date:	2023
Authors:	Mark Abley
Dimensions:	215 x 139mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	296
ISBN-13:	978-1-4870-0966-3
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Biography > General Promotions
LSN:	1-4870-0966-6
Barcode:	9781487009663

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