In Search of Conrad - Couverture rigide

Young, Gavin

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0091735246 ISBN 13 : 9780091735241

Editeur : Hutchinson, 1991

Synopsis

An addition to Gavin Young's travel books such as "Return to the Marshes" and "Slow Boats Home", this book takes the form of a journey to Asia in the footsteps of Joseph Conrad, visiting all the places immortalized by Conrad and his fictional characters in works such as "Lord Jim".

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

First published in 1991, Gavin Young's hugely acclaimed In Search of Conrad was joint winner of the 1992 Thomas Cook Travel Book Award. 'Part-mariner's log and part-detective story, [In Search of Conrad] brilliantly evokes the Far Eastern landscapes fixed forever in our imaginations by Conrad's novels. But above all Young makes us realize that the world Conrad described nearly a century ago is still there ... the most pleasurable and exciting book I have read this year.' J. G. Ballard, Daily Telegraph 'Young's passion for Conrad and his stories blazes from every porthole.' John Carey, Sunday Times 'Young has an eye for atmosphere; he is marvellous on Singapore as her past impinges on the present, myriad streets stalked by ghosts from the nineteenth century ... In Search of Conrad is both scholarly and enthralling - always vivid, and often a hoot to read ... better still it may set you to reading Conrad again.' Independent 'Gavin Young has managed to write something rare in recent literature - a happy book about the Third World which also has the ring of truth.' Jonathan Raban, Independent on Sunday

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Hutchinson
• Date d'édition: 1991
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0091735246
• ISBN 13: 9780091735241
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 304
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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