This text tells the story of how in 1982 the author set out alone in a 30-foot ketch to sail round the British Isles. Raban had never before handled a boat at sea, but wanted to inspect the country where he lived as an independent navigator with a sceptical outsider's eye for his homeland. He sails into his own past, into Britain's troubled present, and into a sense of reflection.. NOTA: El libro no está en español, sino en inglés.
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Jonathan Raban is the author of over a dozen books, both fiction and non-fiction, including Passage to Juneau, Bad Land, Hunting Mister Heartbreak, Coasting, Old Glory, Arabia, Soft City, Waxwings and Surveillance. His awards include the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Royal Society of Literature’s Heinemann Award, the Thomas Cook Award, the PEN West Creative Nonfiction Award, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers’ Award, and the Governor’s Award of the State of Washington. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, Granta, Harpers, The New York Review of Books, Outside, Atlantic Monthly, New Republic, The London Review of Books, and other magazines.
In 1990 Raban, a British citizen, moved from London to Seattle, where he now lives with his daughter.
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Librería: Bay State Book Company, North Smithfield, RI, Estados Unidos de America
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Librería: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Reino Unido
Paperback. Condición: Very Good. This text tells the story of how in 1982 the author set out alone in a 30-foot ketch to sail round the British Isles. Raban had never before handled a boat at sea, but wanted to inspect the country where he lived as an independent navigator with a sceptical outsider's eye for his homeland. He sails into his own past, into Britain's troubled present, and into a sense of reflection. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Nº de ref. del artículo: GOR002337156
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Librería: Book Express (NZ), Shannon, Nueva Zelanda
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 357 pages. In 1982, Jonathan Raban set sail on a voyage around his native land. He furni shed a small boat with books and pictures and took to the sea, making a looping journey around the British Isles. The voyage took him deep into history, his own. Nº de ref. del artículo: 6598bb
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Librería: Greener Books, London, Reino Unido
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Librería: Arapiles Mountain Books - Mount of Alex, Castlemaine, VIC, Australia
Hard Cover. Condición: VG. Estado de la sobrecubierta: VG. First Thus. VG/VG. 12mo. original blue boards (a little rubbed & bumped) in dustwrapper priced £13.00 (slightly rubbed & frayed); pp. [xxiv], 358 (last blank), with illustrations & maps. A very good copy. Nº de ref. del artículo: 012485
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