{"product_id":"mani-travels-in-the-southern-peloponnese-9781590171882","title":"Mani: Travels in the Southern Peloponnese","description":"\u003cb\u003eJoin a classic adventurer on his travels throughout southern Greece, where he explores remote villages, swims in the Aegean and Ionian seas, and finds history wherever he goes. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Mani, at the tip of Greece's--and Europe's--southernmost promontory, is one of the most isolated regions of the world. Cut off from the rest of the country by the towering range of the Taygetus and hemmed in by the Aegean and Ionian seas, it is a land where the past is still very much a part of its people's daily lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Patrick Leigh Fermor, who has been described as \"a cross between Indiana Jones, James Bond, and Graham Greene,\" bridges the genres of adventure story, travel writing, and memoir to reveal an ancient world living alongside the twentieth century. Here, in the book that confirmed his reputation as one of the English language's finest writers of prose, Patrick Leigh Fermor carries the reader with him on his journeys among the Greeks of the mountains, exploring their history and time-honored lore. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eMani\u003c\/i\u003e is a companion volume to Patrick Leigh Fermor's celebrated \u003ci\u003eRoumeli: Travels in Northern Greece\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePatrick Leigh Fermor\u003c\/b\u003e (1915-2011) was an intrepid traveler, a heroic soldier, and a writer with a unique prose style. After his stormy schooldays, followed by the walk across Europe to Constantinople that begins in \u003ci\u003eA Time of Gifts\u003c\/i\u003e (1977) and continues through \u003ci\u003eBetween the Woods and the Water\u003c\/i\u003e (1986), he lived and traveled in the Balkans and the Greek Archipelago. His books \u003ci\u003eMani\u003c\/i\u003e (1958) and \u003ci\u003eRoumeli\u003c\/i\u003e (1966) attest to his deep interest in languages and remote places. In the Second World War he joined the Irish Guards, became a liaison officer in Albania, and fought in Greece and Crete. He was awarded the DSO and OBE. He lived partly in Greece--in the house he designed with his wife, Joan, in an olive grove in the Mani--and partly in Worcestershire. He was knighted in 2004 for his services to literature and to British-Greek relations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Gorra\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of, among other books, \u003ci\u003eThe Bells in Their Silence: Travels through Germany\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePortrait of a Novel: Henry James and the Making of an American Masterpiece\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. He teaches English at Smith College.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"New York Review of Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50725500584210,"sku":"9781590171882","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b73be0b9-108f-4052-877a-d670e2083d4b.jpg?v=1734831441","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/mani-travels-in-the-southern-peloponnese-9781590171882","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}