Last Places: A Journey in the North [Lingua Inglese] - Brossura

Millman, Lawrence

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0618082484 ISBN 13: 9780618082483

Casa editrice: Mariner Books, 2001

Riassunto

The author of Our Like Will Not Be There Again and Northern Latitudes recounts his experiences traveling from Norway to Newfoundland via the Faeroe Islands, Iceland, Greenland, and Labrador. Reprint.

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Recensione:

"In Millman's harsh North, the stark beauty of the last places lingers."

Boston Globe

"This is a fascinating, powerful, beautiful book. Millman's a genius." -- Annie Dillard

Product Description:

A classic of northern exploration and adventure, LAST PLACES is Lawrence Millman's marvelously told account of his journey along the ancient Viking sea routes that extend from Norway to Newfoundland. Traveling through landscapes of transcendent desolation, Millman wandered by way of the Shetland Islands, the Faeroes, Iceland, Greenland, and Labrador. His way was marked by surprising human encounters--with a convicted murderer in Reykjavik, an Inuit hermit in Greenland, an Icelandic guide who leads him to a place called Hell, and a Newfoundlander who warns him about the local variant of the Abominable Snowman. By turns earthy and lyrical, LAST PLACES is an ebullient celebration of the exotic North.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Mariner Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0618082484
• ISBN 13: 9780618082483
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 242