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Bezig met laden... Bread and ashes: a walk through the mountains of Georgia (2003)door Tony Anderson
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Well written and good historical background on the smaller bands of mountain people in Georgia. I really liked the chapter on Tao-Klarjeti (Georgian Turkey). However, the novel itself takes place in a much different Georgia than the current one so his writing reads more like the historical travelogues he references than a current book on the country. The final chapter which he and his group hunt an near endangered Tur doesn't hold up well. ( ) geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Tony Anderson set out in the summer of 1998 to walk through Georgia. He wanted particularly to visit the Georgian mountain tribes- Tush, Khevsurs, Ratchuelians and Svans- to discover if they shared a common mountain culture, and to test the old idea of the Caucasus as an impenetrable barrier from sea to sea. From Azerbaijan to Svaneti, Anderson found communities where the old customs and beliefs still triumphantly survive, despite years of Communist oppression and the terrible uncertainties since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Throughout his journey Anderson refers back to many other visits to Georgia, to the politics of independence, to the war in Abkhazia and Ossetia, to the civil war and Shevardnadze's accession to power, to the history of these people at one of the great crossroads of the world. It remains an abiding mystery that Georgia has managed to survive at all, devastated time and again by the vagabond hordes from the steppes and torn between the mighty empires that struggled over it. But survive it has with a vibrant culture still intact and, in the mountains, still deeply connected to its ancient ways. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)914.7580486History and Geography Geography and Travel Geography of and travel in Europe Russia and neighbouring east European countries Caucasus Georgia, South Ossetia, AbkhaziaLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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