In combinatie met de vele foto’s die hij tijdens zijn reis maakte, schetst Palin een levendig portret van een complex land, dat maar weinig buitenstaanders écht te zien krijgen. His words in books, supplemented with vivid and informative photographs and pieces to camera in TV programmes always engage me and fostered a desire to explore beyond my limited travel horizons. This is another great journey through a curious and largely unknown (to the west) culture seen though his humorous eyes - but the apparently lighthearted approach ensures he gets to meet some extraordinary people, and see far beyond the bounds of a normal traveler. In zijn boek, “Naar Irak”, die een literaire versie is van de TV-reeks geeft hij nog iets meer informatie vrij over zijn odyssee van bijna 1.

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By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. This account imparts its knowledge lightly, may make you want to visit, and reminded me of how much I miss the country I briefly lived in. This may result in small marks to the dustjacket and title page, please also bear in mind that each signature will be a little different from the one we show here. Waar de gelegenheid zich aandient gaat Michael Palin op zoek naar geschiedenis, maar hij heeft tegelijkertijd veel aandacht voor het roerige nabije verleden en de toestand vandaag.

Marked down by the BBC for not being trendy enough, it looked the end of a spectacular era of travel documentaries. As noted by previous reviews, the book goes along well with the tv series, but the chapters always end with you wanting to know more about the people and places he encounters on his journey. Palin takes you on a very observant journey through Iraq, striking a careful balance between history, culture, and personal observation.

Through Palin’s effort and words we see more than just a tourist’s overview and box ticking exercise like a modern ISpy book.Daarna ging hij naar de Iraakse hoofdstad Bagdad, naar de Groene Zone die na de oorlog is ontstaan en ontdekte de geneugten van het leven in de bruisende oude stad voordat hij de beroemde Ziggurat van Ur bezocht. That doesn’t make them less impressive and the lower parts, certainly of the ziggurat, are genuinely thousands of years old so still worth a visit.

It leaves something behind in the places one visits and one’s heart finds an affinity and true empathy for those who persevere and have an enduring place in their country. Zum ersten Mal sind auch Michaels Alter und seine Gesundheit ein Thema, denn seine fast 80 Jahren und eine überstandenen Operation am Herzen bergen Risiken für die Reise. Into Iraq his latest book and TV venture, is in the tradition of all that he has done in his earlier works. As an Iraqi, most of the things he talks about I already knew, however this is a really nice book to give you a personal guide on Iraq and its diverse population and how Palin experienced the state of the nation (Which I think is accurate).There’s still the same humour or an attempt at it, but yet it just feels flat to me reading it or, I should say, felt flat. It's not the most detailed at around 160 pages, but it does paint a vivid picture of a country struggling with identity and recovery. Iraq seems as though it was once a very beautiful country and while that beauty is still there, it's been marked with years of hostility and war.