Gavin Young (1928–2001)
Autor/a de Slow Boats to China
Sobre l'autor
Crèdit de la imatge: Wilfred Thesinger (on Right) with Gavin Young
Obres de Gavin Young
Obres associades
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Nom normalitzat
- Young, Gavin
- Nom oficial
- Young, Gavin David
- Data de naixement
- 1928-04-24
- Data de defunció
- 2001-01-18
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- UK
- Lloc de naixement
- Bude, Cornwall, England, UK
- Lloc de defunció
- London, England, UK
- Llocs de residència
- Bude, Cornwall, England, UK
South Wales
Basra, Iraq - Educació
- Oxford University (Trinity College)
Rugby School - Professions
- journalist
travel writer
MI6 Agent - Relacions
- Thesiger, Wilfred (travel companion)
- Premis i honors
- Fellow, Royal Society of Literature
Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society
Membres
Ressenyes
Llistes
Premis
Potser també t'agrada
Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 16
- També de
- 2
- Membres
- 861
- Popularitat
- #29,721
- Valoració
- 3.7
- Ressenyes
- 15
- ISBN
- 56
- Llengües
- 4
- Preferit
- 3
He was an adventurer for a lifetime and sought out the places where civil government and politics was disintegrating. He includes a piece about my own country (New Zealand) and the detrimental impact it has had on many of the Samoan population that emigrate there to provide for their families.
The section that covers the Vietnam War is a highlight of Young's collection. He was present at Hue before, during and after the Battle of Hue in March 1968. The horrible experiences that permanently wrecked the lives of the inhabitants at the hands of the communists is told with sober elegance.
All Gavin Young's books cannot be put down, I have found. This collection from a life fully lived, is another one… (més)