Mike Robbins's Blog - Posts Tagged "sudan"
Giveaway until end Saturday
I am giving away six copies of The Nine Horizons: Travels in Sundry Places - enter for a chance to win; ends Saturday night (May 23).
https://giveaway.amazon.com/p/67216be...
https://giveaway.amazon.com/p/67216be...
Chance to win a copy of The Nine Horizons
Another book giveaway, global this time; please do enter for a chance to win between now and June 23. One reviewer wrote of The Nine Horizons: Travels in Sundry Places:
"I've never really read a travel memoir quite like this one. Mike Robbins describes the locations of the character's travels in a way that not only paints a vivid picture, but like a beautiful art film he also gives it a lighting and temperature that tone his mood and awe."
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"I've never really read a travel memoir quite like this one. Mike Robbins describes the locations of the character's travels in a way that not only paints a vivid picture, but like a beautiful art film he also gives it a lighting and temperature that tone his mood and awe."
https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sh...
A coup, and a departure
A new blog post from me - a rare event nowadays; but this is heartfelt.
Omar el-Beshir, the dictator of Sudan since 1989, has fallen, the victim of a coup very similar to the one that brought him to power. For me this means more than it would to most non-Sudanese, as I was in Sudan at the time of his own coup, and my work there was brought to an end as a result of it. There is a feeling for me of history coming full circle at last.
About 18 months after the Beshir coup I wrote my own account of the day he seized power, and the weeks that followed. It eventually appeared as the last chapter of my book Even the Dead Are Coming, published in 2009. Here it is, mildly edited so that it can stand alone.
Best wishes to all Sudanese people, who I always found most gracious, generous, and civil; and I hope that they will find a peaceful path to whatever form of government they now want.
https://mikerobbinsnyc.blogspot.com/2...
Omar el-Beshir, the dictator of Sudan since 1989, has fallen, the victim of a coup very similar to the one that brought him to power. For me this means more than it would to most non-Sudanese, as I was in Sudan at the time of his own coup, and my work there was brought to an end as a result of it. There is a feeling for me of history coming full circle at last.
About 18 months after the Beshir coup I wrote my own account of the day he seized power, and the weeks that followed. It eventually appeared as the last chapter of my book Even the Dead Are Coming, published in 2009. Here it is, mildly edited so that it can stand alone.
Best wishes to all Sudanese people, who I always found most gracious, generous, and civil; and I hope that they will find a peaceful path to whatever form of government they now want.
https://mikerobbinsnyc.blogspot.com/2...
Free download: The Nine Horizons
Of all the cities in the world, I had to choose New York City in which to ride out this pandemic. I cannot say I am not worried, but this city will survive, as it has before; and I feel oddly privileged to be here.
Whatever happens, I have had an extraordinary life. My work has taken me to the Amazonian rainforest, the steppes of Central Asia, the ancient souk (now partly destroyed) of Aleppo and the plains of Sudan. I've watched the sun rise on the snows of Kanchenjunga, and seen great herds of yak in the high Himalayas. In 2014 I wrote some of it down in The Nine Horizons: Travels in Sundry Places.
Like all writers, I would like it to be read. So I have made it a free download, and will keep it that way for some days. There is a choice of formats (link below).
I will get through this, as will most of us, but if by mischance I don't, it would be nice to think that some of you have read this, and travelled with me.
https://claims.prolificworks.com/free...
Whatever happens, I have had an extraordinary life. My work has taken me to the Amazonian rainforest, the steppes of Central Asia, the ancient souk (now partly destroyed) of Aleppo and the plains of Sudan. I've watched the sun rise on the snows of Kanchenjunga, and seen great herds of yak in the high Himalayas. In 2014 I wrote some of it down in The Nine Horizons: Travels in Sundry Places.
Like all writers, I would like it to be read. So I have made it a free download, and will keep it that way for some days. There is a choice of formats (link below).
I will get through this, as will most of us, but if by mischance I don't, it would be nice to think that some of you have read this, and travelled with me.
https://claims.prolificworks.com/free...
