Kingdoms in the Air : Dispatches from the Far Away
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0802126804
ISBN-13
9780802126801
Publisher
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Imprint
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 27th, 2017
Print length
400 Pages
Product Classification:
Biography: generalLiterary essaysPolitical science & theoryTravel writing
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Best known for his sweeping international and political fiction narratives, including The Woman Who Lost Her Soul , which won the Dayton Literary Peace Prize and was finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, Bob Shacochis began his writing career as a pioneering journalist and contributing editor for Outside Magazine and Harper's .
“Whether he’s in Cuba, Mozambique, or attempting to climb Mount Ararat, [Shacochis] vividly places you in both the past and present of his destinations . . . [his] restlessness and recklessness, all couched in a headlong maximalist prose, are impossible to resist.”—Boston Globe
“Shacochis’ fiery, wrought prose is on full display . . . This is travel writing at its finest.” —Men’s Journal, a Best Book of the Month
Best known for his sweeping international and political fiction narratives, including The Woman Who Lost Her Soul, which won the Dayton Literary Peace Prize and was finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, Bob Shacochis began his writing career as a pioneering journalist and contributing editor for Outside Magazine and Harper’s. Kingdoms in the Air brings together the very best of Shacochis’s culture and travel essays in one livewire collection that spans his global adventures and his life passions; from surfing, to his obsession with the South American dorado, to the time he went bushwhacking in Mozambique. Replete with Shacochis’s signature swagger, humor, and crystalline wisdom,Kingdoms in the Air is a majestic and essential collection from one of our most important writers.
“Shacochis’ fiery, wrought prose is on full display . . . This is travel writing at its finest.” —Men’s Journal, a Best Book of the Month
Best known for his sweeping international and political fiction narratives, including The Woman Who Lost Her Soul, which won the Dayton Literary Peace Prize and was finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, Bob Shacochis began his writing career as a pioneering journalist and contributing editor for Outside Magazine and Harper’s. Kingdoms in the Air brings together the very best of Shacochis’s culture and travel essays in one livewire collection that spans his global adventures and his life passions; from surfing, to his obsession with the South American dorado, to the time he went bushwhacking in Mozambique. Replete with Shacochis’s signature swagger, humor, and crystalline wisdom,Kingdoms in the Air is a majestic and essential collection from one of our most important writers.
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