Dylan Singer needs to leave London. With his alcoholic ex-fianceacute;e he heads to Central Asia; to research the book hes always dreamt of writing. But its 2002; the height of the War on Terror; and Uzbekistan isnt the belly-dancing opium den they have been led to believe.From 11th Century Samarkand; through the Great Fire of London; to a disused weapons facility in the remotest place on earth; Salt Meets Wound is an epic odyssey spanning a thousand years.Tom Morton-Smiths debut is a magnificent delve into the jigsaw pieces of modern events and history. It opened at the Theatre503 in May 2007.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Some engaging ideas but overall too particular and not enough continuity between essaysBy Reid WegnerIt is exactly what it claims to be. For non-historians; it can get pretty dreary; and many of the essays are less about historical frameworks and methods of deducing history from things than they are about the specific historical details of the objects studied.The opening four essays; especially the Csikszentmihalyi one; provoke broader conversation on the topic of reading history from material culture. The rest are esoteric and probably tedious to anyone not interested in their specific periods or places.For example; if you arent particularly curious about Chinese bronze vessels; the essay that details their process of manufacture and function in ancient China will not hold much for you; since it contains almost no reference to any broader theory of history or material culture and instead just catalogs minute details of the artifacts under study. Most of the book is like that; and the chapters do not talk to each other; they just each go off on their own tunneling dissertations about their favorite subjects.