Deze auteur verkent de grenzen van de menselijke ervaring en beschaving door levendige verslagen van reizen naar afgelegen delen van de wereld. Zijn schrijven duikt in thema's als isolatie, culturele ontmoetingen en de zoektocht naar essentiële existentie onder extreme omstandigheden. Met een unieke stijl en diepgaand inzicht in de menselijke psyche biedt hij lezers een meeslepende en vaak uitdagende literaire reis. Zijn werk is een expeditie naar het onbekende, die onderzoekt wat het betekent om mens te zijn buiten de conventionele maatschappelijke structuren.
Bruce Wannell was a true original, remembered here with affection, humour and wonder by fifty writers including such friends as Kevin Rushby, Lisa Chaney, Tim Mackintosh-Smith, Tahir Shah and William Dalrymple.
A Journey Through the Drug Fields of Ethiopia and Yemen
Drawn back to the Yemen by idyllic memories of age-old cities, spectacular mountains and, most of all, the dreamy afternoons spent chewing the stimulant leaf of the qat tree, Kevin Rushby set out to travel the old trade route from the highlands of Ethiopia to Yemen. The journey is at times dangerous, often comic; and by accepting the invitation to take qat at every opportunity, he encounters a wonderful array of characters - criminals, Islamic scholars, an exorcist, and the mysterious Cedric, the travelling companion from hell who offers to help Rushby find a dhow across the Red Sea.
In Search of the Lost Pirate Utopias of the Indian Ocean
Kevin Rushby's objective is to locate the descendants of the 16th century pirates who had carved kingdoms for themselves in the remote jungles of north-east Madagascar. Hitching rides on a motley assortment of freighters, dhows, yachts and fishing smacks, he sails up the African coast, then east towards his goal.
They murdered more than a million travellers without spilling a drop of blood. They were inspired by religious fanaticism, yet came from many faiths. Their weapon was the handkerchief, their sacrament sugar, and their goddess Kali. They were the thugs.