STRANGE TELESCOPES
When Daniel Kalder descended into the sewers of Moscow in pursuit of
the mythical lost city of tramps, he didn’t realise that he was embarking
on a bizarre, year-long odyssey that would lead him thousands of miles
across Russia to the Arctic Circle via the heart of Asia. Now he has
returned, mad- eyed and bearded, to tell the tale.
After exploring the depths of Moscow’s ‘Underground Planet’, Kalder
descends yet further to a Ukrainian vision of hell, chasing down demons
and exorcists in the dubious afterglow of the Orange Revolution, before
ascending to meet Vissarion Christ, one-time traffic cop, now messiah to
thousands of followers calmly awaiting the apocalypse at the foot of his
holy mountain in Siberia. Finally, in the long polar night at the edge of the
world Kalder enters the only wooden skyscraper on the planet and
encounters a man with a bizarre secret that may explain everything…
Salvation, damnation, humour and pathos collide as Daniel Kalder
expertly guides us through a fascinating collection of alternative realities,
rebels and opportunists. A truly distinctive travel memoir that reveals the
astonishing lengths people will go to when they view the world through a
strange telescope.
When Daniel Kalder descended into the sewers of Moscow in pursuit of
the mythical lost city of tramps, he didn’t realise that he was embarking
on a bizarre, year-long odyssey that would lead him thousands of miles
across Russia to the Arctic Circle via the heart of Asia. Now he has
returned, mad- eyed and bearded, to tell the tale.
After exploring the depths of Moscow’s ‘Underground Planet’, Kalder
descends yet further to a Ukrainian vision of hell, chasing down demons
and exorcists in the dubious afterglow of the Orange Revolution, before
ascending to meet Vissarion Christ, one-time traffic cop, now messiah to
thousands of followers calmly awaiting the apocalypse at the foot of his
holy mountain in Siberia. Finally, in the long polar night at the edge of the
world Kalder enters the only wooden skyscraper on the planet and
encounters a man with a bizarre secret that may explain everything…
Salvation, damnation, humour and pathos collide as Daniel Kalder
expertly guides us through a fascinating collection of alternative realities,
rebels and opportunists. A truly distinctive travel memoir that reveals the
astonishing lengths people will go to when they view the world through a
strange telescope.
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