Perseus in the Wind

Freya Stark

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Written just after World War II, Perseus in the
Wind (named after the constellation) is perhaps the most personal, and
haunting, of all Freya Stark's writings. Putting together memories and
reflections, "harvested from life and accident", that have carried her
through her travels, Stark muses on the seasons, the effect light has on
a landscape at a particular time of day, the smell of the earth after
rain, Muslim saints, Indian temples, war, and old age. Each chapter is
devoted to a particular theme: Happiness (simple pleasures, like her
father's passion for the view from his cabin in Canada); Education (to
be able to command happiness, recognize beauty, value death, increase
enjoyment); Beauty (incongruous, flighty, and elusive - a description of
the stars, the burst of flowers in a park); Death (a childhood
awareness of the finality of Time, the meaningfulness of the end);
Memory (the jewelled quality of literature, pleasure, love, an echo or a
scent when aged by the passage of time).
Woven throughout this
beautifully-crafted book are references to Stark's many travels, from
Asolo to Aden, Iran to India. For those who have loved her travel
writing, Perseus in the Wind illuminates the motivations behind her
journeys and the woman behind the traveller.

Categories:

Travel - Middle East - Travel

Year:

1963

Publisher:

John Murray

Language:

english

Pages:

180

File:

PDF, 6.67 MB