Reviews
"Written in her individual style- what Winifred Holtby called the lucid tranquility of her lovely prose- the narrative of her journey says as much about the author as it does about the place she describes...A beautifully written book, an account of the vanished world of the Bakhtiari- and a testament to a highly unusual woman." -- Oldie Praise for Passenger to Teheran : "She pursues the good, the true and the beautiful with relentless tenacity and a charming style." -- New York Times "It's awfully good... I didn't know the extent of your subtleties. The whole book is full of nooks and crannies, the very intimate things one says in print." -- Virginia Woolf, in a letter to Vita Sackville-West "A glittering jewel of a book." --Publishers Weekly " Passenger to Teheran is utterly different from a returned traveller's lecture... It gives pleasure because it describes pleasure, illuminated by what Winifred Holtby called 'the lucid tranquility of her lovely prose.' She could describe a scene, a person, an emotion with enviable spontaneity, plunging her hands into the treasury of the English language as greedily as into the jewel-chests of the Shah. It is a glittering book." -- Nigel Nicolson, in his introduction to Passenger to Teheran ".. . we are told what Miss Sackville-West saw in Persia, but always with such an artistic touch, such an individual style, that it is the traveller who mostly holds our attention." -- Daily Telegraph "Brilliant style.. . a lyrical period piece which contains passages of unquestionable beauty." -- Library Journal "The joy of this is being allowed to stop off for a while in the brain of Sackville-West. She is funny, wise, and well aware of herself."-- RALPH: The Review of Arts, Literature, Philosophy, and the Humanities "All good travel books should make you want to be going along with the writer. This one certainly does...[H]er eye is impeccable: for the flowers, for the mountains, for the herdsmen and their hardy women, their (often) sickly children: for anything of life amidst the dust and stones." -- Elizabeth Harkins, RALPH: Review of Arts, Literature, Philosophy and Humanities, "Written in her individual style- what Winifred Holtby called the lucid tranquility of her lovely prose- the narrative of her journey says as much about the author as it does about the place she describes…A beautifully written book, an account of the vanished world of the Bakhtiari- and a testament to a highly unusual woman." --OldiePraise forPassenger to Teheran:"She pursues the good, the true and the beautiful with relentless tenacity and a charming style."--New York Times"It's awfully good… I didn't know the extent of your subtleties. The whole book is full of nooks and crannies, the very intimate things one says in print."--Virginia Woolf, in a letter to Vita Sackville-West"A glittering jewel of a book."--Publishers Weekly"Passenger to Teheranis utterly different from a returned traveller's lecture… It gives pleasure because it describes pleasure, illuminated by what Winifred Holtby called 'the lucid tranquility of her lovely prose.' She could describe a scene, a person, an emotion with enviable spontaneity, plunging her hands into the treasury of the English language as greedily as into the jewel-chests of the Shah. It is a glittering book." --Nigel Nicolson, in his introduction toPassenger to Teheran".. . we are told what Miss Sackville-West saw in Persia, but always with such an artistic touch, such an individual style, that it is the traveller who mostly holds our attention."--Daily Telegraph"Brilliant style.. . a lyrical period piece which contains passages of unquestionable beauty."--Library Journal, Praise for Passenger to Teheran:"She pursues the good, the true and the beautiful with relentless tenacity and a charming style." --New York Times"It's awfully good… I didn't know the extent of your subtleties. The whole book is full of nooks and crannies, the very intimate things one says in print." -- Virginia Woolf, in a letter to Vita Sackville-West"A glittering jewel of a book." --Publishers Weekly"Passenger to Teheran is utterly different from a returned traveller's lecture… It gives pleasure because it describes pleasure, illuminated by what Winifred Holtby called 'the lucid tranquility of her lovely prose.' She could describe a scene, a person, an emotion with enviable spontaneity, plunging her hands into the treasury of the English language as greedily as into the jewel-chests of the Shah. It is a glittering book." --Nigel Nicolson, in his introduction to Passenger to Teheran".. . we are told what Miss Sackville-West saw in Persia, but always with such an artistic touch, such an individual style, that it is the traveller who mostly holds our attention." --Daily Telegraph"Brilliant style.. . a lyrical period piece which contains passages of unquestionable beauty." --Library Journal, "Written in her individual style- what Winifred Holtby called the lucid tranquility of her lovely prose- the narrative of her journey says as much about the author as it does about the place she describes...A beautifully written book, an account of the vanished world of the Bakhtiari- and a testament to a highly unusual woman." -- Oldie Praise for Passenger to Teheran : "She pursues the good, the true and the beautiful with relentless tenacity and a charming style." -- New York Times "It's awfully good... I didn't know the extent of your subtleties. The whole book is full of nooks and crannies, the very intimate things one says in print." -- Virginia Woolf, in a letter to Vita Sackville-West "A glittering jewel of a book." --Publishers Weekly " Passenger to Teheran is utterly different from a returned traveller's lecture... It gives pleasure because it describes pleasure, illuminated by what Winifred Holtby called 'the lucid tranquility of her lovely prose.' She could describe a scene, a person, an emotion with enviable spontaneity, plunging her hands into the treasury of the English language as greedily as into the jewel-chests of the Shah. It is a glittering book." -- Nigel Nicolson, in his introduction to Passenger to Teheran ".. . we are told what Miss Sackville-West saw in Persia, but always with such an artistic touch, such an individual style, that it is the traveller who mostly holds our attention." -- Daily Telegraph "Brilliant style.. . a lyrical period piece which contains passages of unquestionable beauty." -- Library Journal "The joy of this is being allowed to stop off for a while in the brain of Sackville-West. She is funny, wise, and well aware of herself."-- RALPH: The Review of Arts, Literature, Philosophy, and the Humanities, "Written in her individual style- what Winifred Holtby called the lucid tranquility of her lovely prose- the narrative of her journey says as much about the author as it does about the place she describes...A beautifully written book, an account of the vanished world of the Bakhtiari- and a testament to a highly unusual woman." -- Oldie Praise for Passenger to Teheran : *She pursues the good, the true and the beautiful with relentless tenacity and a charming style.* -- New York Times "It's awfully good... I didn't know the extent of your subtleties. The whole book is full of nooks and crannies, the very intimate things one says in print." -- Virginia Woolf, in a letter to Vita Sackville-West *A glittering jewel of a book.* --Publishers Weekly " Passenger to Teheran is utterly different from a returned traveller's lecture... It gives pleasure because it describes pleasure, illuminated by what Winifred Holtby called 'the lucid tranquility of her lovely prose.' She could describe a scene, a person, an emotion with enviable spontaneity, plunging her hands into the treasury of the English language as greedily as into the jewel-chests of the Shah. It is a glittering book." -- Nigel Nicolson, in his introduction to Passenger to Teheran *.. . we are told what Miss Sackville-West saw in Persia, but always with such an artistic touch, such an individual style, that it is the traveller who mostly holds our attention.* -- Daily Telegraph *Brilliant style.. . a lyrical period piece which contains passages of unquestionable beauty.* -- Library Journal *The joy of this is being allowed to stop off for a while in the brain of Sackville-West. She is funny, wise, and well aware of herself.*-- RALPH: The Review of Arts, Literature, Philosophy, and the Humanities *All good travel books should make you want to be going along with the writer. This one certainly does...[H]er eye is impeccable: for the flowers, for the mountains, for the herdsmen and their hardy women, their (often) sickly children: for anything of life amidst the dust and stones.* -- Elizabeth Harkins, RALPH: Review of Arts, Literature, Philosophy and Humanities, "Written in her individual style- what Winifred Holtby called the lucid tranquility of her lovely prose- the narrative of her journey says as much about the author as it does about the place she describes…A beautifully written book, an account of the vanished world of the Bakhtiari- and a testament to a highly unusual woman." -- Oldie Praise for Passenger to Teheran : "She pursues the good, the true and the beautiful with relentless tenacity and a charming style." -- New York Times "It's awfully good… I didn't know the extent of your subtleties. The whole book is full of nooks and crannies, the very intimate things one says in print." -- Virginia Woolf, in a letter to Vita Sackville-West "A glittering jewel of a book." --Publishers Weekly " Passenger to Teheran is utterly different from a returned traveller's lecture… It gives pleasure because it describes pleasure, illuminated by what Winifred Holtby called 'the lucid tranquility of her lovely prose.' She could describe a scene, a person, an emotion with enviable spontaneity, plunging her hands into the treasury of the English language as greedily as into the jewel-chests of the Shah. It is a glittering book." -- Nigel Nicolson, in his introduction to Passenger to Teheran ".. . we are told what Miss Sackville-West saw in Persia, but always with such an artistic touch, such an individual style, that it is the traveller who mostly holds our attention." -- Daily Telegraph "Brilliant style.. . a lyrical period piece which contains passages of unquestionable beauty." -- Library Journal "The joy of this is being allowed to stop off for a while in the brain of Sackville-West. She is funny, wise, and well aware of herself."-- RALPH: The Review of Arts, Literature, Philosophy, and the Humanities "All good travel books should make you want to be going along with the writer. This one certainly does...[H]er eye is impeccable: for the flowers, for the mountains, for the herdsmen and their hardy women, their (often) sickly children: for anything of life amidst the dust and stones." -- Elizabeth Harkins, RALPH: Review of Arts, Literature, Philosophy and Humanities
