Article: A 20-year love affair with Ethiopia.(The Chains of Heaven: An Ethiopian Romance )(Book review)

The Chains of Heaven: An Ethiopian Romance by Philip Marsden HarperCollins, hb, pp320, 14.99 [pounds sterling]

The first thing I wanted to do after reading this wonderful book was buy a ticket to Addis Ababa and head north. Such is the power, precision and passion of Philip Marsden's writing about the Ethiopian highlands--a remote region in a deeply isolated country. Unlike so much contemporary travel literature, his prose is informed by a profound affection and understanding of the country, the result of a love affair with Ethiopia that stretches back more than 20 years.

In The Chains of Heaven, Marsden rounds up a travelling companion, hires some mules ...

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