A journey to Mount Athos / François Augiéras ; translated from the French by Sue Dyson and Christopher Moncrieff.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Augiéras, François, 1925-1971.

Contributor:

Dyson, Sue, 1957-2009.

Moncrieff, Christopher.

Standardized Title:

Voyage au mont Athos. English

Language:

English

French

Genre:

Novels.

Physical Description:

253 pages : illustrations, map ; 17 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Pushkin Press, 2008.

Summary:

In his own preface to this remarkable novel, AugiC)ras describes its theme as "a sojourn in the Land of Spirits, according to the strictest Buddhist or Phythagorean orthodoxy." One might equally well describe it as a kind of Buddhist "Pilgrim's Progress," with the protagonist's wanderings mirror-ing his journey towards spiritual enlightenment.

Among his best-loved novels, "A Journey to Mount Athos" not only expands upon all the themes AugiC)ras introduced before in "The Sorcerer's Apprentice"-the immortality of the spirit, God, magic in the natural world, reincarnation, homosexuality-it also tells us more about the author himself, as the work was inspired by his retreats to Mount Athos and the time he spent with the Orthodox monks.

Notes:

"First published in French as Un voyage au mont Athos in 1970"--T.p. verso.

ISBN:

1901285391

9781901285390

OCLC:

59184393