This book features a sensual tour of the world's great bathing cultures. People journey to Greece for the ruins, Turkey for the Haghia Sophia, and Russia for St. Peter's, but Alexia Brue travels with a different itinerary: to visit the baths. What starts off as an innocent vacation quickly becomes an obsession, as the author ventures to Turkey, Greece, Russia, Finland, and Japan to sample the range of bathing traditions the world has to offer. Caught up in the tide of travel and exploration and crossing paths with fellow ...
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This book features a sensual tour of the world's great bathing cultures. People journey to Greece for the ruins, Turkey for the Haghia Sophia, and Russia for St. Peter's, but Alexia Brue travels with a different itinerary: to visit the baths. What starts off as an innocent vacation quickly becomes an obsession, as the author ventures to Turkey, Greece, Russia, Finland, and Japan to sample the range of bathing traditions the world has to offer. Caught up in the tide of travel and exploration and crossing paths with fellow travelers along the way, Alexia drifts further and further away from the life she left behind in New York City. Hoping to find a thriving local bath scene, she dips into hamams, banyas, saunas, and onsen, finding both disappointment and bliss. At once deeply personal and highly informative, full of intimacies, discoveries, and unexpected twists, "Cathedrals of the Flesh" is the candid and playful account of one woman's determination to follow her passion, ultimately inspiring readers to do the same.
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Like New. Size: 8x6x1; Signed / inscribed by Author First edition-First Printing. near fine/near fine DJ Hardcover Free of any markings and no writing. For Additional Information or pictures, Please Inquire.
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Very Good. Very gently used HC w/ DJ, first US edition stated, VG/VG, binding clean and tight, pages free of markings, signed and inscribed by author to illustrator Lynda McIntyre, very light shelf-wear.
