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The Road to Zagora — Travels with Mr Parkinson
The Road to Zagora — Travels with Mr Parkinson
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Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description
Wedi derbyn y newyddion ei fod yn dioddef o glefyd Parkinson's, mae'r nofelydd Richard Collins yn penderfynu teithio'r byd, gan archwilio mannau anghysbell, o ran tirwedd a diwylliant, tra bo'i gyflwr yn caniatáu. Mae'n teithio i India, Nepal, Syria, Twrci, Moroco, Periw ac Ecwador, ac mae'r gyfrol yn archwilio'r byd ac afiechyd yr awdur.
Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description
Diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease, novelist Richard Collins resolves to travel the world, searching out its remote places, physically and culturally, while his condition allows. India, Nepal, Syria, Turkey, Morocco, Peru and Ecuador are his destinations, and are set in contrast by Collins to his home in rural Wales. This book explores both the world and his illness.
Manylion y cynnyrch / Product details
- ISBN 13
- 9781781722596
- Gwales Code
- gwales.com.9781781722596
- Gwerthwr / Vendor
- Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru
- Long Title
- The Road to Zagora — Travels with Mr Parkinson
- Sub Title
- Travels with Mr Parkinson
- Awdur / Author
- Collins, Richard
- Current Price ex VAT
- £9.99
- Current Price inc VAT
- £9.99
- Availability Status (EN)
- Available
- Availability Status (CY)
- Ar gael
- Dyddiad cyhoeddi / Publication Date
- 2015-08-20
- Cyhoeddwr / Publisher
- Seren
- Media Type (EN)
- Paperback / softback
- Media Type (CY)
- Clawr meddal
- Pages
- 288 pages
- Size
- 135 × 208 mm
- Language Code
- English
- Categori / Category
- CY: Taith, Twristiaeth, Teithlyfrau (yn Saesneg) | EN: Travel, Tourism, Guide Books (in English)
- Is-gategori / Subcategory
- CY: Teithlyfrau - Arall (yn Saesneg) | EN: Travel Writing - Other (in English)
Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography
Richard Collins has been a farm labourer, gardener and estate worker, and college lecturer. He lives with his family in west Wales. His first novel, The Land as Viewed from the Sea, was published by Seren in 2004 and was shortlisted for the Whitbread First Novel Award and the Welsh Book of the Year. The follow-up, Overland (2006) was translated into Turkish, and the third, The Quality of Light, which also deals with degenerative disease, was published in 2011.
Adolygiad y Cyhoeddwr / Publisher Review
When Richard Collins was diagnosed with a progressive incurable disease in 2006 he decided to see as much of the world as he could while his condition allowed. The result is The Road to Zagora, a singular travel book which takes in India, Nepal, Syria, Turkey, Morocco, Peru, Equador and Wales. ‘Mr Parkinson’, as Collins refers to his condition, informs the narrative. As inveterate walkers Collins and his partner Flic decided to continue to travel ‘close to the land’ post diagnosis, leaving the tourist trails and visiting places of extremes: the Himalayas, rainforests, deserts. The difficulties of rough terrain, altitude, extremes of climate for a person with Collins’ condition are an ongoing strand of his narrative; occasionally they cannot be overcome and Collins is forced to consider the frailties of the human body in passages of moving contemplation. The Road to Zagora also includes an element of memoir, as Parkinson’s Disease also causes Collins to reflect on his life, and in particular on his relationship with Flic. There are moments of great charm as their relationship evolves, and also the drama of previous serious illnesses. These recollections of pre-diagnosis life have the wistfulness of hindsight as Collins considers what constitutes a life well lived. Yet any sentiment or self-pity is denied through Collins’s resolute and independent- mindedness and the quality of writing. In the travel passages the readers experiences the sheer physicality of Collins’ expeditions, along with his novelist’s eye for telling local detail. In the sequences of memoir the writing is humane, compassionate and quite often comic. The Road to Zagora is a memorable journey around the world, and the self.
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