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Where the Earth Ends
John Harrison
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Description for Where the Earth Ends
Paperback.
My great grandfather and grandfather sailed the Horn, in steam and diesel, out of Liverpool. I was the first generation not to sail the Horn or fight a war. Instead, I would go to the end of the world, beyond Patagonia, to Tierra del Fuego. I would do more, I would see the Horn and find lost tribes. The child in me could go even further and sail the waters of Coleridge's albatross and enter the watercolours' blue horizons of my first novel, and sit on Robinson Crusoe's imaginary shore. I had imagined these places; they must exist. All I had to do was look for them.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Parthian Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
Number of Pages
424
Place of Publication
Cardigan, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781902638683
SKU
V9781902638683
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-1
Reviews for Where the Earth Ends
"His approach is thorough and his excitement contagious."
The Independent on Sunday "An engaging and entertaining narrative."
Sunday Telegraph "An inspiring blend of new-look, literary, post-Granta traveller and intrepid adventurer. A glorious roundtrip to desolation and romance."
The Scotsman "A fascinating book of insight, scholarship and adventurous travel, fired by childhood dreams perhaps, but fuelled by the skill of a writer from whom, I hope, we shall hear much more."
Sunday Times "A most unusual and delightful book, full of surprises, ambiguities and strange quirks of knowledge, and written with attractive gusto."
Jan Morris "Teems with erudition, anecdotes and facts that are a delight to retell... carries an echo of Raymond Carver, or even Carver's mentor Hemingway."
South China Morning Post
The Independent on Sunday "An engaging and entertaining narrative."
Sunday Telegraph "An inspiring blend of new-look, literary, post-Granta traveller and intrepid adventurer. A glorious roundtrip to desolation and romance."
The Scotsman "A fascinating book of insight, scholarship and adventurous travel, fired by childhood dreams perhaps, but fuelled by the skill of a writer from whom, I hope, we shall hear much more."
Sunday Times "A most unusual and delightful book, full of surprises, ambiguities and strange quirks of knowledge, and written with attractive gusto."
Jan Morris "Teems with erudition, anecdotes and facts that are a delight to retell... carries an echo of Raymond Carver, or even Carver's mentor Hemingway."
South China Morning Post