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Island Dreams (Francis Gavin / Flyn Cal (Einf.))
Island Dreams
Untertitel Mapping an Obsession
Autor Francis Gavin / Flyn Cal (Einf.)
Verlag Canongate
Co-Verlag Canongate Books (Imprint/Brand)
Sprache Englisch
Einband Fester Einband
Erscheinungsjahr 2020
Seiten 256 S.
Artikelnummer 32769912
ISBN 978-1-78689-818-0
Auflage Main
CHF 38.00
Lieferbar in ca. 10-20 Arbeitstagen
Zusammenfassung
An exploration of isolation and connectedness based on thirty years of travel, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Adventures in Human Being and Empire Antarctica

Blending stories of his own travels with great voyages from literature and philosophical exploration, Gavin Francis considers the unique appeal of islands. Francis also wrote "Adventures In Human Being" and "Empire Antarctica". 'Gavin Francis is a wonderful writer' Bill Bryson

Gavin Francis is an award-winning writer and GP. He is the author of four books of non-fiction, including Adventures in Human Being, which was a Sunday Times bestseller and won the Saltire Scottish Non-Fiction Book of the Year Award, and Empire Antarctica, which won Scottish Book of the Year in the SMIT Awards and was shortlisted for both the Ondaatje and Costa Prizes. He has written for the Guardian, The Times, the New York Review of Books and the London Review of Books. His work is published in twenty languages. He lives in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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