From Around the World in Eighty Days: The India Section

Authors

Ari Sitas
University of Cape Town
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25159/40

Keywords:

South African poetry, multimedia, Poetry with music and art, interdisciplinary, Unisa Flame Series, Jules Verne, Indian Music

Synopsis

Accompanied by full-colour drawings and a CD with originally composed music.

Have a kerala coffee on the go hop on a train to see the Elephant Man stop for a moment to sip on a Sula or order a chai. Ari Sitas awakens our senses with this unique sensory encounter. Experience the sights, sounds and smells of India with Aouda and Passerpartout. This book forms part of the prestigious Unsia Flame Series for interdisciplinary works. With full colour original Kerala art work, this truly is a unique work of art. Around the world in 80 days takes us on a seven-day journey to India. A reconstruction of Jules Verne’s journey of 1872, Phileas Fogg, Auda and Passepartout are transferred to the 21st century, in a dialogue of what was and what is and what remains … undecided …

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Author Biography

Ari Sitas, University of Cape Town

Prof Ari Sitas is a leading South African Sociology expert  based at the University of Cape Town. As a creative author who fluently engages with multimedia, he has published poetry, works in film, and continues to collaborate with scholars, musicians and artists globally - apart from mentoring young scholars in a range of subject fields.

Published

June 30, 2014

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