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Jonathan Raban (1942–2023)

Autor/a de Bad Land: An American Romance

29+ obres 4,967 Membres 98 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) 914 exemplars
Passage to Juneau (1999) 867 exemplars
Coasting (1986) 395 exemplars
Waxwings (2003) 309 exemplars
Surveillance (2007) 229 exemplars
Soft City (1974) 211 exemplars
Foreign Land (1985) 172 exemplars
For Love and Money (1987) 155 exemplars
Driving Home: An American Journey (2010) — Autor — 123 exemplars
The Oxford Book of the Sea (1992) 120 exemplars
Robert Lowell's Poems: A Selection (1974) — Editor — 76 exemplars

Obres associades

Bad Trips (1991) — Col·laborador — 232 exemplars
Granta 32: History (1990) — Col·laborador — 151 exemplars
Granta 29: New World (1989) — Col·laborador — 151 exemplars
Granta 30: New Europe (1990) — Col·laborador — 145 exemplars
Granta 31: The General (1990) — Col·laborador — 143 exemplars
Granta 23: Home (1988) — Col·laborador — 138 exemplars
The Best American Essays 1996 (1996) — Col·laborador — 132 exemplars
Granta 49: Money (1994) — Col·laborador — 118 exemplars
Granta 45: Gazza Agonistes (1993) — Col·laborador — 116 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 — 20 exemplars
"London Magazine", 1961-85: An Anthology (1986) — Col·laborador — 10 exemplars

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How could I not like this book? Much of it takes place in my home waters I read it while far from home. The musings on west coast natives and captain Vancouver are great, some very insightful. All of this woven through a sad personal story. Well worth the time.
 
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BBrookes | Hi ha 19 ressenyes més | Dec 6, 2023 |
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 |

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Obres
29
També de
13
Membres
4,967
Popularitat
#5,045
Valoració
3.8
Ressenyes
98
ISBN
162
Llengües
7
Preferit
23

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