Passionate Nomad: The Life of Freya Stark [Lingua Inglese] - Brossura

Geniesse, Jane Fletcher

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ISBN 10: 0375757465 ISBN 13: 9780375757464

Casa editrice: Random House Publishing Group, 2001

Riassunto

A penetrating portrait of one of the last great female adventurers chronicles the life of Freya Stark, a British woman whose career as a writer and explorer led her into the remote regions of the Islamic world during the first half of the twentieth century. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

"[Geniesse] has achieved, in the end, an admirable focus, at once critical and sympathetic. The portrait that emerges is a subtle and generous one. For all Stark’s unresolved contradictions, ... her distinction as a latter-day woman of letters survives." New York Times Book Review

L'autore:

Jane Fletcher Geniesse is a former reporter for The New York Times whose writing has been featured in The Washington Post, New York magazine, and Town & Country, among others. She is the author of a novel, The Riches of Life, and lives in Washington, D.C.

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• Editore: Random House Publishing Group
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0375757465
• ISBN 13: 9780375757464
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 448