The Serpent Coiled in Naples by Marius Kociejowski
The Serpent Coiled in Naples is a travelogue, a meditation on mortality, and much else besides.
'To write about Naples, you really need to be a poet - or, even better, an antiquarian booksellerMr Kociejowski is both and has produced a delightful work that is as eclectic, labyrinthine, ironic and shocking as the city itself.'The Economist; 'Kociejowski's book (which takes its title from the Sicilian proverb 'Never fear Rome - the serpent lies coiled in Naples) is one of the best I have read on the ramshackle Mediterranean outpost (and I have read a few). In pages of scholarly but engagingly droll prose, Kociejowski conjures a death-hunted city, where the meaning of life is everywhere connected to what it is to die.'Ian Thomson, The Spectator; 'Marius Kociejowski is one of life's great questioners [and] The Serpent Coiled in Naples takes on some of the largest questions that come with searching for this stupendous city's soul...The experience is more of an intellectual joyride than a standard history.' Claudia Roth Pierpont, The New Yorker
MARIUS KOCIEJOWSKI is a poet, essayist and travel writer. Among his books are The Street Philosopher and the Holy Fool: A Syrian Journey and its sequel, The Pigeon Wars of Damascus. He lives in London where, until recently, he worked as an antiquarian bookseller.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781909961814 |
| ISBN 10 | 1909961817 |
| Title | The Serpent Coiled in Naples |
| Author | Marius Kociejowski |
| Series | Armchair Traveller Ser |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Haus Publishing |
| Year published | 2022-05-19 |
| Number of pages | 506 |
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