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Albrecht Dürer and me

✍ Scribed by Zieroth, David

Book ID
108078047
Publisher
Harbour Publishing
Year
2014
Tongue
en-CA
Weight
103 KB
Category
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781550176742

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

David Zieroth's Albrecht Dürer and me, an autobiographical travelogue spanning the author's journeys through central Europe, explores the transformative effect of dislocation. Inspired by and responding to art and music, history and war, architecture and place, this collection unearths knowledge that can only be realized by leaving home.
Throughout the book, the observant eye of a visitor witnesses the layering of history and the contemporary, and contemplates the juxtaposition of the practical aspects of travelling ("noise") with emotional and spiritual evolution ("'Nude self-portrait'"). Responding to greats such as W.H. Auden, James Joyce and Albrecht Dürer, the speaker expresses how viewing foreign artwork or hearing unfamiliar music can spark a new awareness, not only of international culture, but of the expression of life and the human condition.
The poems temper the high with the low, reflecting the many dualities of wanderlust. Stately homes are...

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