The Station: Travels to the Holy Mountain of Greece
by Robert Byron
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Robert Byron's work delves into his travels and observations across various regions, blending vivid descriptions of landscapes, cultures, and social dynamics. The book offers insights into traditions, artisanship, and the spiritual and communal lives of the people he encountered. Byron's reflections juxtapose the pastoral and urban, as well as the historical and modern, capturing the essence of the environments he traversed. His narrative is enriched with personal anecdotes, historical show more context, and a keen eye for detail, appealing to readers with an interest in travel, history, and cultural exploration. show lessTags
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Athos (Greece)/Byron, Robert, 1905-1941
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Unlike almost everybody, though, I reluctantly judge one of Robert Byron's earlier works, "The Station" (1928) to be slightly superior to "The Road to Oxiana" (1933). Why? I am hesitant to tell you up front, but please bear with me. I like "The Station" better for one reason alone: stasis. It is not what it is about that is important, but how it is about that wins us over.
Although, "The Road show more to Oxiana" is a classic adventure tale of romp and circumstances and derring-do filled with dizzying movement across the mappa mundi, "The Station" remains stationary in time and space, almost like it never happened in the first place. Byron obviously wants us to see that he isn't just scrounging space or mooching moussakas among the black-robed Greek Orthodox brother monks swinging censers for free food and spiritual uplift. No, he is returning to Mount Athos to prove that he really is an expert on Byzantine art, culture, and life. But with spiritus mundi on his side as the only real guide or critic. show less
Although, "The Road show more to Oxiana" is a classic adventure tale of romp and circumstances and derring-do filled with dizzying movement across the mappa mundi, "The Station" remains stationary in time and space, almost like it never happened in the first place. Byron obviously wants us to see that he isn't just scrounging space or mooching moussakas among the black-robed Greek Orthodox brother monks swinging censers for free food and spiritual uplift. No, he is returning to Mount Athos to prove that he really is an expert on Byzantine art, culture, and life. But with spiritus mundi on his side as the only real guide or critic. show less
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Robert Byron serving as a correspondent for a London newspaper during World War II
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- Canonical title
- The Station: Travels to the Holy Mountain of Greece
- Original title
- The Station: Travels to the Holy Mountain of Greece
- Original publication date
- 1928
- Important places
- Mount Athos, Greece
- Epigraph
- Here, in lush valleys, teem bees, figs, and olives. The inmates of the monasteries weave cloth, stitch shoes, and make nets. One turns the spindle of a hand-loom through the wool; another twists a basket of twigs. From tim... (show all)e to time, at stated hours, all essay to praise God. And peace reigns among them, always and for ever. CRISTOFORO BUONDELMONTI, Traveller in the East, 1420
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- [Prelude] Letters from foreign countries arrive in the afternoon.
[Chapter 1] The sun, admitted at eight o'clock, struck the doors of the cupboard opposite with a meaning that sent a tremor through the nerves and a ball of air into the pit of the body. - Original language
- English
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- Travel, Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, General Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir
- DDC/MDS
- 956.1 — History & geography History of Asia Middle East (Near East) Turkey (Anatolia)
- LCC
- BX385 .A8 .B97 — Philosophy, Psychology and Religion Christian Denominations Christian Denominations Orthodox Eastern Church General
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- English, German, Italian
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