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The Antarctic: An Anthology
Francis Spufford
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Description for The Antarctic: An Anthology
Paperback. Features an international mix of classic first-person accounts of exploration, literary travelogues and works of cultural history, natural science and fiction about the South Pole. Published alongside, "The Arctic: An Anthology", this title also includes contributors from explorers such as Ernest Shackleton, Roald Amundsen, and Richard Byrd. Editor(s): Spufford, Francis. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 208.
The Antarctic: An Anthology features an international mix of classic first-person accounts of exploration, literary travelogues and works of cultural history, natural science and fiction about the South Pole. Contributors include British, American, Australian, Scandinavian, Japanese and Russian explorers such as Ernest Shackleton, Apsely Cherry-Garrard, Robert Falcon Scott, Roald Amundsen, Richard Byrd and Fouglas Mawson; novelists such as H. P. Lovecraft, Diane Ackerman, Jenny Diski and Kim Stanley Robinson; and popular travel writers such as Sara Wheeler. It is published alongside acompanion volume, The Arctic: An Anthology.
The Antarctic: An Anthology features an international mix of classic first-person accounts of exploration, literary travelogues and works of cultural history, natural science and fiction about the South Pole. Contributors include British, American, Australian, Scandinavian, Japanese and Russian explorers such as Ernest Shackleton, Apsely Cherry-Garrard, Robert Falcon Scott, Roald Amundsen, Richard Byrd and Fouglas Mawson; novelists such as H. P. Lovecraft, Diane Ackerman, Jenny Diski and Kim Stanley Robinson; and popular travel writers such as Sara Wheeler. It is published alongside acompanion volume, The Arctic: An Anthology.
Product Details
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Weight
208g
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847080288
SKU
V9781847080288
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About Francis Spufford
Francis Spufford is the author of I May Be Some Time, a cultural history of the British obsession with polar exploring, The Child That Books Built and Backroom Boys, all published by Faber & Faber. He has won the Somerset Maugham Award, the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year prize, and the Writers' Guild Award for Best Non-Fiction Book ... Read more
Reviews for The Antarctic: An Anthology
Some superb nature writing ... display[ing] the beauty and vulnerability of these regions
Guardian
Some real talent - [here are] writers who not only know their subject, but who can also discuss it with colour and elegance
Good Book Guide
A glorious taste of the cold south in all its bewildering, vengeful complexity
Financial Times ... Read more
Guardian
Some real talent - [here are] writers who not only know their subject, but who can also discuss it with colour and elegance
Good Book Guide
A glorious taste of the cold south in all its bewildering, vengeful complexity
Financial Times ... Read more