Marius Kociejowski follows up his now classic The Street Philosopher and the Holy Fool with The Pigeon Wars of Damascus. A metaphysical journalist in search of echoes rather than analogies, hints as o
Marius Kociejowski follows up his now classic The Street Philosopher and the Holy Fool with The Pigeon Wars of Damascus. A metaphysical journalist in search of echoes rather than analogies, hints as o
This beautifully illustrated book consists of a series of encounters with writers, artists and musicians living in London, all of whom are exiles or emigres displaced from their cultural and geographi
This beautifully illustrated book consists of a series of encounters with writers, artists and musicians living in London, all of whom are exiles or emigres displaced from their cultural and geographi
In the game of bocce, no matter how intensely you study the world's surface, there's always a chance an unseen pebble will knock your ball in an unexpected direction. Join a travel writer and booksell
Zoroaster's Children brings together the best of Marius Kociejowski's travel writing. A companion volume to last year's critically acclaimedThe Pebble Chance, these essays, conceived somewhere between
The Street Philosopher and the Holy Fool presents the unexpected face of Syria. Based on five journeys, undertaken over as many years, Kociejowski's book is entirely concerned with the slow journey to
Music is the motif which underlies the poems in Marius Kociejowski's second book. In 'Dinu Lipatti plays Chopin's Sonata in B minor', a musical theme illustrates the solitude of a troubled woman 'who
This volume contains excerpts from the writings of foreign visitors to Syria. It is organized geographically by region, and contains portions of works spanning six centuries. These include (for exampl
