#peter hessler
The 2011 revolution, the First Intermediate Period, then the era of Morsi, and the Second Intermediate Period, then the presidency of current President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi—so begins the ancient to modern parallel timelines of Peter Hessler’s newest literary work The Buried. Throughout the last few years, Hessler’s work would make its way to my social media feeds. Initially, I knew nothing about the journalist and writer whose interests—modern day eastern countries and ancient civilizations—would perfectly align with mine. Curiously…
