The Street Philosopher and the Holy Fool: A Syrian Journey

by Marius Kociejowski

Book Overview

Based on five journeys, undertaken over as many years, Kociejowski's book is entirely concerned with the slow journey towards friendship. So we learn nothing about coups or conspiracies, iconic... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0750938064
• ISBN13: 9780750938068
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: Sutton Publishing
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Kociejowski provides intellectual, spiritual and social insights into Syria

The Times Literary Supplement ranked this book as one of the greatest travel books in recent memory. They are right. The insights are profound, not chatty as in most contemporary travel books. You discover real people in extraordinary circumstances, and extraordinary people in real-life. I really cannot do this book justice here in this review (I don't have the time to write a long review), but I do give it my highest recommendation.