Praise for Zoroaster's Children
“Poet and travel writer Kociejowski journeys widely and writes to ‘describe the world’ and make deeper inquiries into human nature … Highly recommended for its poetic presentation of experiences in different locations, this account is inspired by the past and a plethora of emotions.”—Library Journal, Starred Review
"[Kociejowski is] one of the most evocative travel writers to emerge in the last decade ... He may well be peerless ... All the essays feature a laser-like focus on individuals and a relative indifference to their surroundings ... In city after city—Prague, Moscow, Toronto—Kociejowski does the same thing: encounters people, pays extraordinary attention to them, and captures them indelibly."—Maclean's
"Travel for Kociejowski is a metaphor for life – movement toward an uncertain and possibly non-existent destination, without a map or compass. "—Patrick Kurp, Anecdotal Evidence
Praise for Marius Kociejowski
"Kociejowski draws on all the aspects of his life in these engaging, idiosyncratic personal essays ... [that] proffer the reader equal measures of autobiography, insight and quirky charm."—Michael Dirda, The Washington Post
“Here the charm is deep, the splendour unlaboured; the colours of history, reckoned afresh, saturate singular people, in whom passion is lucid again...here is one who collects his extraordinary resources, and strides.”—Christopher Middleton
“It is a testament to the power of this superb book that I felt not despondency, but ... elation."—Adam Thorpe, The Times Literary Supplement
"Treasures are revealed ... with a formidable erudition, and at their best they gleam with an enameled splendour."—Ken Babstock, The Globe and Mail
"Kociejowski writes beautifully ... unusual, poetic, and thought-provoking."—Library Journal
