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'Arriving late in Kyoto Patrick Holland cannot find a room for the night. Homeless and disorientated and in a place where loitering is not encouraged his only solution is to ride the trains. The train journey becomes a thread in book that journeys on rivers in Saigon, mountains in the Chinese Himalaya, lost cities of the Silk Road, mist-swathed cemeteries in Japan and the flat plains of Australia, and subtly questions the nature of travel and identity through reflections on place, mortality and the changing Asian landscape.' (From the publisher's website.)
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Book Review – Riding the Trains in Japan by Patrick Holland
2013
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review
— Appears in: Booklover Book Reviews 2013;
— Review of Riding the Trains in Japan : Travels in the Sacred and Supermodern East 2011 single work prose -
Keeping Local Stories Alive
2012
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— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 28-29 July 2012; (p. 4-5) -
Unbowed, Book Lovers Script Their Own Awards
2012
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— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 27 July 2012; (p. 7) -
The Outsider
2012
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— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 339 2012; (p. 65)
— Review of Riding the Trains in Japan : Travels in the Sacred and Supermodern East 2011 single work prose -
Upright View of Lands Steeped in Tradition
2011
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review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 22-23 October 2011; (p. 20-21)
— Review of Riding the Trains in Japan : Travels in the Sacred and Supermodern East 2011 single work prose
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Non-Fiction
2011
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— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 8 October 2011; (p. 32)
— Review of Men Are Stupid, Women Are Crazy 2011 selected work prose ; Hubert Who? : War Hero, Polar Explorer, Spy : The Incredible Life of Unsung Adventurer Hubert Wilkins 2011 single work biography ; Riding the Trains in Japan : Travels in the Sacred and Supermodern East 2011 single work prose -
Upright View of Lands Steeped in Tradition
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 22-23 October 2011; (p. 20-21)
— Review of Riding the Trains in Japan : Travels in the Sacred and Supermodern East 2011 single work prose -
The Outsider
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 339 2012; (p. 65)
— Review of Riding the Trains in Japan : Travels in the Sacred and Supermodern East 2011 single work prose -
Book Review – Riding the Trains in Japan by Patrick Holland
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Booklover Book Reviews 2013;
— Review of Riding the Trains in Japan : Travels in the Sacred and Supermodern East 2011 single work prose -
Unbowed, Book Lovers Script Their Own Awards
2012
single work
column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 27 July 2012; (p. 7) -
Keeping Local Stories Alive
2012
single work
column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 28-29 July 2012; (p. 4-5)
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