Dastgah: Diary of a Headtrip

Dastgah: Diary of a Headtrip

Dastgah: Diary of a Headtrip

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"Wide-awake and sensuously lyrical, Mark Mordue's Dastgah gets in behind the shell of the familiar, reminding us that the world is vast and strange and that everything is-in case we've forgotten-happening for the first time."-Sven Birkerts, Editor of AGNI and author of My Sky Blue Trades: Growing Up Counter in a Contrary Time

"As much as travel books are my favorite genre of novels, and as deeply as they are rooted in the 19th century, before the invention of photography and then film, Mark has written the first one that takes this precious and rare species into the 21st century."-Wim Wenders, director of Paris, Texas; Wings of Desire; and Buena Vista Social Club.

"An extraordinary and dazzling voyage across continents and into the mind. Mordue's book is almost impossible to summarize-reportage, reflection and poetry are all conjured onto the page as he grapples with the state of the world and his place in it."-Giles Milton, author of Nathaniel's Nutmeg

Australian writer Mark Mordue invites you to journey with him from a Rolling Stones concert in Istanbul to conversations with mullahs and junkies in Tehran, and from a cricket match in Calcutta to an S&M bar in New York, as well as many points in between. Mordue chronicles his year long global trip with his girlfriend, Lisa Nicol, exploring countries many Westerners never see as well as issues of world citizenship in the 21st century. Dastgah will take you to all kinds of places across the world and inside yourself.

The word "dastgah" is drawn from Persian classical music. In order to play a dastgah with fellow musicians, an entire "map" must be memorized. How you then play a dastgah is entirely up to you.

Mark Mordue's work has been published in Interview, Madison, Speak, The Nation and Salon in the U.S., as well as Rolling Stone, Vogue, GQ, The Australian and Sydney Morning Herald in Australia. Mordue is the winner of a 1992 Human Rights Media Award, and from 1992 to 1997, he was the founding editor of Australia's leading pop culture magazine Australian Style.



About the Author
Mark Mordue is a writer, journalist, and editor. His work has been published in Interview, Madison, Speak, The Nation, and Salon in the U.S., as well as Rolling Stone, Vogue, GQ, The Australian, and Sydney Morning Herald in Australia. Mordue is the winner of a 1992 Human Rights Media Award, and from 1992 to 1997 he was the founding editor of Australia's leading pop culture magazine Australian Style.

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