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Jonathan Raban (1942–2023)

Autor/a de Bad Land: An American Romance

29+ obres 4,872 Membres 97 Ressenyes 23 preferits

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Jonathan Raban, author of Passage to Juneau, brings eloquent intellect and wry wit to his exploration of the American scene. Written over the past two decades, roughly the span of Raban's residence in his adopted city of Seattle, these essays delve into what it means, as immigrant, to feel rooted mostra'n més in America. Driving Home charts a course through the Pacific Northwest, American history, and current events as witnessed by a keenly observant visitor who is able to glean meanings and patterns that have become invisible to the natives. Raban spends much time on, near, and in water, and his ruminations on sailing and the sea are a welcome thread. Whether the topic is other writers or various painters and explorers, or the patrons of a Montana bar, who have engaged with our mythical and actual landscape, Raban has a visitor s eye for the absurd, and his tone is intimate, never nostalgic, and always fresh. mostra'n menys

Obres de Jonathan Raban

Bad Land: An American Romance (1996) 898 exemplars
Passage to Juneau (1999) 848 exemplars
Coasting (1986) 391 exemplars
Waxwings (2003) 307 exemplars
Surveillance (2007) 226 exemplars
Soft City (1974) 208 exemplars
Foreign Land (1985) 171 exemplars
For Love and Money (1987) 153 exemplars
Driving Home: An American Journey (2010) — Autor — 118 exemplars
The Oxford Book of the Sea (1992) 117 exemplars
Robert Lowell's Poems: A Selection (1974) — Editor — 65 exemplars

Obres associades

Bad Trips (1991) — Col·laborador — 231 exemplars
Granta 29: New World (1989) — Col·laborador — 150 exemplars
Granta 32: History (1990) — Col·laborador — 149 exemplars
Granta 30: New Europe (1990) — Col·laborador — 146 exemplars
Granta 31: The General (1990) — Col·laborador — 143 exemplars
Granta 23: Home (1988) — Col·laborador — 137 exemplars
The Best American Essays 1996 (1996) — Col·laborador — 130 exemplars
Granta 49: Money (1994) — Col·laborador — 118 exemplars
Granta 45: Gazza Agonistes (1993) — Col·laborador — 115 exemplars
Granta 10: Travel Writing (1984) — Col·laborador — 88 exemplars
The New Granta Book of Travel (2011) — Introducció — 44 exemplars
The Penguin book of the ocean (2010) — Col·laborador — 19 exemplars
"London Magazine", 1961-85: An Anthology (1986) — Col·laborador — 10 exemplars

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His final writing and I miss him already.
 
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Craigeri | Nov 1, 2023 |
A thoroughly average travel narrative. The plot was thoroughly post-modern, petering out instead of genuinely finishing, but Raban can sure capture the American spirit.
 
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et.carole | Hi ha 9 ressenyes més | Jan 21, 2022 |
Not all the essays are as compelling as some, but the writing is masterful.
 
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PattyLee | Hi ha 3 ressenyes més | Dec 14, 2021 |
Funny - goes everywhere and comes back right where he started
 
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farrhon | Hi ha 10 ressenyes més | Nov 4, 2021 |

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Obres
29
També de
13
Membres
4,872
Popularitat
#5,159
Valoració
½ 3.8
Ressenyes
97
ISBN
160
Llengües
7
Preferit
23
Pedres de toc
133

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