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[ THE CHAINS OF HEAVEN AN ETHIOPIAN ROMANCE BY MARSDEN, PHILIP](AUTHOR)PAPERBACK (2005)

par Philip Marsden

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Philip Marsden returns to the remote, fiercely beautiful landscape that has exercised a powerful mythic appeal over him since his first encounter with it over twenty years ago. 'Ethiopia bred in me the conviction that if there is a wider purpose to our life, it is to understand the world, to seek out its diversity, to celebrate its heroes and its wonders - in short, to witness it.' When Philip Marsden first went to Ethiopia in 1982, it changed the direction of his life. What he saw of its stunning antiquity, its raw Christianity, its extremes of brutality and grace prompted his curiosity, and made him a writer. But Ethiopia at that time was torn apart by civil war. The north, the ancient heartland of the country, was closed off. Twenty years later, Marsden returned. The result is this book - the account of a journey deferred. Walking hundreds of miles through a landscape of cavernous gorges, tabletop mountains and semi-desert, Marsden encounters monks and hermits, rebels and farmers. And he creates an unforgettable picture of one of the most remote regions left on earth. As in his award-winning book 'The Spirit-Wrestlers', Marsden reminds us of the brilliant heights that travel writing can attain, whilst celebrating the ageless rewards of the open road and the people for whom the mythic and the everyday are inextricably joined.… (plus d'informations)
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This is really an excellent book for armchair travelers. For anyone who loves reading about journeys to rarely seen places, or is interested in Ethiopian religious and monastical traditions, histories, myths and legends, this book has it all. Who wouldn’t dream of visiting Lalibela, Aksum, or the cliff top monasteries and churches of the Gheralta. Philip Marsden’s deep love and respect for Ethiopian cultures and peoples shines through throughout. Pity the poor Tigrayans, once again caught in the middle of a vicious civil war. ( )
  PaulDalton | Oct 25, 2022 |
Philip Marsden traveled to Ethiopia as a young man, and claims it changed his life, and made him a traveler. Twenty years later he returned, and walked from Lalibela to Aksum, a journey he describes in “The Chains of Heaven” (2005). He is obviously much in love with the country, although, to his credit, he doesn’t close his eyes for some of the more cruel experiences he encounters. He speaks the language, and meets many interesting people, which adds to the attraction of the book. A really nice, easily readable travelogue, with lots of entertaining anecdotal history incorporated – including the story of Prester John -, as well as a dose of Ethiopian mythology and a wealth of knowledge on Ethiopian Orthodox church history, which is very much the same thing. ( )
  theonearmedcrab | May 16, 2016 |
Truly beautiful. The journey across Ethiopia was fascinating and very well written. ( )
  LouieAndTheLizard | Jul 17, 2013 |
En slags Rasmus på loffen gjennom det karrige nord-etiopiske landskapet, eller gjerne Don Quixote med muldyr gjennom historiske landskap godt skjult av gamle, uanselige landsbyer og småbyer i et krevende ørken- og fjell-landskap på jakt etter Etiopias sjel og religiøse historie. Philip Marsden reiser sammen med sin "fixer" Hiluf fra Lalibela til Aksum, to av de historisk mest betydningsfulle byene i Etiopia. Marsden prøvde å besøke området tidlig på 80-tallet, men pga. Dergen og den politiske situasjonen i landet, var dette helt umulig. Chains of Heaven er på den måten en "utsatt reise" som endelig kan gjennomføres på midten av 2000-tallet.
Det er mange måter å reise på. Å vandre til fots er ikke den som er mest brukt i reiselitteraturen, men ut fra Chains of Heaven å dømme langt mer effektiv enn de fleste andre til å komme inn på folk og steder, og til å gi en følelse av den virkelige pulsen i et land.
Boken går sakte fram gjennom det karrige, men visstnok vakre landskapet - stedvis dokumentert av bilder i svarthvitt, og som mange reiser putler denne avgårde uten de store begivenhetene. Likevel skjer det møter med folk som i få andre reiseskildringer, og døren inn til Etiopias religiøse og politiske historie og kultur står vidåpen. Man kan ikke si at man rives med av boken, men likevel slutter den som alle gode reiser. Du vil ikke at den skal ta slutt.
For å forstå Etiopias religiøse og historiske landskaper er boken som foranlediger denne, A Far Country, et par hakk bedre. Men som reiselitteratur er denne et nytt, friskt pust i en sjanger som raskt blir forutsigbar.
Anbefales derfor. ( )
  geirsan | Aug 13, 2010 |
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Philip Marsden returns to the remote, fiercely beautiful landscape that has exercised a powerful mythic appeal over him since his first encounter with it over twenty years ago. 'Ethiopia bred in me the conviction that if there is a wider purpose to our life, it is to understand the world, to seek out its diversity, to celebrate its heroes and its wonders - in short, to witness it.' When Philip Marsden first went to Ethiopia in 1982, it changed the direction of his life. What he saw of its stunning antiquity, its raw Christianity, its extremes of brutality and grace prompted his curiosity, and made him a writer. But Ethiopia at that time was torn apart by civil war. The north, the ancient heartland of the country, was closed off. Twenty years later, Marsden returned. The result is this book - the account of a journey deferred. Walking hundreds of miles through a landscape of cavernous gorges, tabletop mountains and semi-desert, Marsden encounters monks and hermits, rebels and farmers. And he creates an unforgettable picture of one of the most remote regions left on earth. As in his award-winning book 'The Spirit-Wrestlers', Marsden reminds us of the brilliant heights that travel writing can attain, whilst celebrating the ageless rewards of the open road and the people for whom the mythic and the everyday are inextricably joined.

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