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Jonathan Raban (1942–2023)

Autor(a) de Bad Land: An American Romance

29+ Works 4,967 Membros 98 Críticas 23 Favorited

About the Author

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 mostrar mais 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. mostrar menos

Obras por Jonathan Raban

Bad Land: An American Romance (1996) 914 exemplares
Passage to Juneau (1999) 867 exemplares
Coasting (1986) 395 exemplares
Waxwings (2003) 309 exemplares
Surveillance (2007) 229 exemplares
Soft City (1974) 211 exemplares
Foreign Land (1985) 172 exemplares
For Love and Money (1987) 155 exemplares
Driving Home: An American Journey (2010) — Autor — 123 exemplares
The Oxford Book of the Sea (1992) 120 exemplares
Robert Lowell's Poems: A Selection (1974) — Editor — 76 exemplares

Associated Works

Bad Trips (1991) — Contribuidor — 232 exemplares
Granta 32: History (1990) — Contribuidor — 151 exemplares
Granta 29: New World (1989) — Contribuidor — 151 exemplares
Granta 30: New Europe (1990) — Contribuidor — 145 exemplares
Granta 31: The General (1990) — Contribuidor — 143 exemplares
Granta 23: Home (1988) — Contribuidor — 138 exemplares
The Best American Essays 1996 (1996) — Contribuidor — 132 exemplares
Granta 49: Money (1994) — Contribuidor — 118 exemplares
Granta 45: Gazza Agonistes (1993) — Contribuidor — 116 exemplares
Granta 10: Travel Writing (1984) — Contribuidor — 88 exemplares
The New Granta Book of Travel (2011) — Introdução — 44 exemplares
The Penguin Book of the Ocean (2010) — Contribuidor — 20 exemplares
"London Magazine", 1961-85: An Anthology (1986) — Contribuidor — 10 exemplares

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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 | 19 outras críticas | 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 | 9 outras críticas | Jan 21, 2022 |
Not all the essays are as compelling as some, but the writing is masterful.
 
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PattyLee | 3 outras críticas | Dec 14, 2021 |

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Obras
29
Also by
13
Membros
4,967
Popularidade
#5,045
Avaliação
3.8
Críticas
98
ISBN
162
Línguas
7
Marcado como favorito
23

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