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02811aam a22003858i 4500 001 5E4B23ACA2C711ED850ED7DB26ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230202010041 008 220420s2023 onc b 000 0 eng 020 $a 1487009666 020 $a 9781487009663 035 $a (OCoLC)1311463375 040 $a NLC $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d NLC $d OCLCF $d SILO 042 $a lac 100 1 $a Abley, Mark, $e author. 245 10 $a Strange bewildering time : $b Istanbul to Kathmandu in the last year of the Hippie Trail / $c Mark Abley. 263 $a 202302 264 1 $a Toronto : $b Anansi, $c 2023. 300 $a pages cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 520 $a "A poet and journalist looks back on a remarkable journey from Turkey to Nepal in 1978, when the region was on the brink of massive transformation. In the spring of 1978, at age twenty-two, Mark Abley put aside his studies at Oxford and set off with a friend on a three-month trek across the celebrated Hippie Trail -- a sprawling route between Europe and South Asia, peppered with Western bohemians and vagabonds. It was a time when the Shah of Iran still reigned supreme, Afghanistan lay at peace, and city streets from Turkey to India teemed with unrest. Within a year, many of the places he visited would become inaccessible to foreign travellers. Drawing from the tattered notebooks he filled as a youthful wanderer, Abley brings his kaleidoscope of experiences back to life with vivid detail: dancing in a Turkish disco, clambering across a glacier in Kashmir, travelling by train among Baluchi tribesmen who smuggled kitchen appliances over international borders. He also reflects on the impact of the Hippie Trail and the illusions of those who journeyed along it. The lively immediacy of Abley's journals combined with the measured wisdom of his mature, contemporary voice provides rich insight, bringing vibrant witness and historical perspective to this beautifully written portrait of a region during a time of irrevocable change."-- $c Provided by publisher. 530 $a Issued also in electronic format. 600 10 $a Abley, Mark $x Travel. 600 17 $a Abley, Mark. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00183591 650 7 $a Travel. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01155558 651 0 $a Middle East $x Description and travel. 651 0 $a Southeast Asia $x Description and travel. 651 7 $a Middle East. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01241586 651 7 $a Southeast Asia. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01240499 776 08 $i Online version: $a Abley, Mark. $t Strange bewildering time. $d Toronto : Anansi, 2023 $z 9781487009670 $z 9781487009670 $w (OCoLC)1335033008 941 $a 2 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20230502010524.0 952 $l CDPF771 $d 20230202011220.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=5E4B23ACA2C711ED850ED7DB26ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b C@VInitiate Another SILO Locator Search