The Light Garden of the Angel King Travels in Afghanistan with Bruce Chatwin

by Levi, Peter

• ISBN13: 9781873429358
• ISBN10: 1873429355
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-10-01
• Publisher: Pallas Athene

Summary

In 1970, Peter Leviclassical scholar, archaeologist, and poetset off with Bruce Chatwin in search of the classical heritage of Afghanistan. Greek conquerors, Buddhist monks, Moghul emperors, doomed British soldiersall have traveled Afghanistan, one of the great crossroads of history. This classic work, written prior to the Soviet invasion, is now reissued with fresh photographs from the Chatwin archives as well as a new introduction in which Peter Levi looks back on a bygone Afghanistan and on his friendship with the young Chatwin.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	vii
Map of Afghanistan	viii
Introduction	xi
Preface	xvii
PART I: MY ORIGINS AND OUR BEGINNINGS
Chapter One	3	(13)
Chapter Two	16	(17)
PART II: BAMIYAN
Chapter Three	33	(11)
Chapter Four	44	(13)
PART III: THE WEST AND THE SOUTH
Chapter Five	57	(14)
Chapter Six	71	(20)
PART IV: THE NORTH AND THE NORTH-EAST
Chapter Seven	91	(11)
Chapter Eight	102	(15)
Chapter Nine	117	(22)
PART V: NURISTAN
Chapter Ten	139	(8)
Chapter Eleven	147	(15)
Chapter Twelve	162	(15)
PART VI: AY KHANOUM
Chapter Thirteen	177	(10)
Notes	187	(26)
Poems Written in Afghanistan	213	(8)
Index	221