{"product_id":"mani-patrick-leigh-fermor-9781590171882","title":"Mani: Travels in the Southern Peloponnese","description":"\u003cb\u003eJoin a classic adventurer on his travels throughout southern Greece, where he explores remote villages, swims in the Aegean and Ionian seas, and finds history wherever he goes. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Mani, at the tip of Greece's--and Europe's--southernmost promontory, is one of the most isolated regions of the world. Cut off from the rest of the country by the towering range of the Taygetus and hemmed in by the Aegean and Ionian seas, it is a land where the past is still very much a part of its people's daily lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Patrick Leigh Fermor, who has been described as \"a cross between Indiana Jones, James Bond, and Graham Greene,\" bridges the genres of adventure story, travel writing, and memoir to reveal an ancient world living alongside the twentieth century. Here, in the book that confirmed his reputation as one of the English language's finest writers of prose, Patrick Leigh Fermor carries the reader with him on his journeys among the Greeks of the mountains, exploring their history and time-honored lore. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eMani\u003c\/i\u003e is a companion volume to Patrick Leigh Fermor's celebrated \u003ci\u003eRoumeli: Travels in Northern Greece\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Patrick Leigh Fermor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1590171888\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781590171882\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/06\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.78lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.98h x 5.04w x 0.81d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2006 pg. 122\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/17\/2008 pg. 29","brand":"Patrick Leigh Fermor","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44042387063039,"sku":"9781590171882","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_df5e87be-e7cc-4c91-83be-4739ae9164a6.jpg?v=1684961214","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mani-patrick-leigh-fermor-9781590171882","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}