The Liquid Continent - Alexandria, Venice and Istanbul

Combining travel narrative, history and reflection on contemporary Mediterranean life, Woodsworth finds an intimacy, a garrulous warmth and a near-tribal sociability that belongs uniquely to the cities on the fringe of the Mediterranean. This sea should not be seen as an empty space surrounded by Europe, Asia and Africa, but as a single entity, a place from whose coastlines people look not outwards, to this country or that capital, but inwards over the water to each other.
Setting out from Alexandria on a journey marked by lively, unpredictable encounters, Nicholas Woodsworth discovers traces of an older, more sophisticated existence and asks what these vibrant, cosmopolitan cities and their inhabitants owe to the sea.

About the author

Nicholas Woodsworth, who lives in Aix-en-Provence, was the staff travel writer at the Financial Times from 1989 to 2003.

Product details

• Authors: Nicholas Woodsworth
• Publisher: Haus Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 20.02.2015
• EAN: 9781909961067
• ISBN: 978-1-909961-06-7
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 203 mm x 22 mm
• Series: Armchair Traveller
• Subject: Travel > Travel guides > World, Arctic, Antarctic