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Informationen zum Autor Don Meredith, a native Californian, is the author of novels, short stories, articles, and essays. His story collection Wing Walking won the George Garrett Fiction Prize, and his essay collection Where the Tigers Were received a nomination for a Pulitzer Prize in Letters. Klappentext From Venice to Vietnam, from the Welsh coast to Cairo, Don Meredith has traveled in the wake of twentieth-century writers, using their novels and poems as guides, as another wayfarer might turn to Fodor's or the Guide Bleu. He has gone in search of the back streets, basilicas, cafes, piazzas, and countrysides that figured so powerfully in the works of authors who are especially attuned to a sense of place.Part travelogue, part literary study, Varieties of Darkness is Meredith's account of his exploration of Michael Ondaatje's fascinating literary masterpiece The English Patient. Meredith mines the places, the real-life counterparts of the characters, and the curious creative mind of Ondaatje. Varieties of Darkness offers fresh insights into the novel and Ondaatje's prodigious use of scholarly detail. Zusammenfassung Part travelogue, part literary study, Varieties of Darkness is Don Meredith’s account of his exploration of Michael Ondaatje’s fascinating literary masterpiece The English Patient. Meredith mines the places, the real-life counterparts of the characters, and the curious creative mind of Ondaatje to offer fresh insights into the novel . Inhaltsverzeichnis List of FiguresPrefaceAcknowledgments Pare I: The Last Medieval War1. The Painter and the Thief2. Michelangelo's Bridge3. Via Vecchia Fiesolana 4. Horsemen in Bronze5. White Lion 6. Fuorusciti7. The Villa 8. Queen of Sheba 9. Trompe L'oeilPart II: Sinners in a Holy City10. Geography Manifest 11. Garden of Sensual Delights 12. Doppelgangers13. Semiramis14. Masr al-Qadima 15. What Country?Part III: Looking for Zerzura16. Vascular Sizood17. The Angle of Repose18. Oases19. Major Hamid 20. 24th Parallel21. Journey to Siwa 22. Lions and Hyenas 23. Tent With Calabash 24. Brandenburg Brigade25. Drei Burgen26. Wadi Sura27. al-Aqaba 28. Looking for Zerzura29. Abu RamlNotesGlossaryBibliographyIndex...
