In Tasmania : Adventures at the End of the World

ISBN-13: 9780099466086 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 384 str.

Nicholas Shakespeare

Opis

The author first went to Tasmania having heard of the island s exceptional beauty, and because it was famously remote. He soon decided that it was where he wanted to live. Shakespeare explores the island s colourful history, inhabitants and ancestors, among whom he discovers some of his own."

Recenzje

The narrative is part Peter Carey, part Gothic novel, with plenty of drunkeness, torture,villainy and cannibalism to be aghast at. A fine travel book too Evening Standard

O autorze

Nicholas Shakespeare was born in 1957. The son of a diplomat, much of his youth was spent in the Far East and South America. His books have been translated into twenty-two languages. They include The Vision of Elena Silves (winner of the Somerset Maugham Award), Snowleg, The Dancer Upstairs, Inheritance, Priscilla and Six Minutes in May. He has been longlisted for the Booker Prize twice and is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.