Evelyn Waugh: Remote People | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9780141186399 | Remote People | Evelyn Waugh | Taschenbuch | 192 S. | Englisch | 2010

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Beschreibung

Perhaps the funniest travel book ever written, Remote People begins with a vivid account of the coronation of Emperor Ras Tafari - Haile Selassie I, King of Kings - an event covered by Evelyn Waugh in 1930 as special correspondent for The Times. It continues with subsequent travels throughout Africa, where natives rub shoulders with eccentric expatriates, settlers with Arab traders and dignitaries with monks. Interspersed with these colourful tales are three 'nightmares' which describe the vexations of travel, including returning home.

Über den Autor

Evelyn Waugh was born in Hampstead in 1903 and educated at Hertford College, Oxford. In 1928 he published his first novel, Decline and Fall, which was soon followed by Vile Bodies (1930), Black Mischief (1932), A Handful of Dust (1934) and Scoop (1938). During these years he also travelled extensively and converted to Catholicism. In 1939 Waugh was commissioned in the Royal Marines and later transferred to the Royal Horse Guards, experiences which informed his Sword of Honour trilogy (1952-61). His most famous novel, Brideshead Revisited (1945), was written while on leave from the army. Waugh died in 1966.

Erscheinungsjahr:	2010
Genre:	Importe
Produktart:	Reiseberichte
Region:	Reiseerzählungen
Rubrik:	Reisen
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	192 S. map
ISBN-13:	9780141186399
ISBN-10:	0141186399
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Waugh, Evelyn
Hersteller:	Penguin Books Ltd
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Vertrieb, Weidestr. 122a, D-22083 Hamburg, gpsr@petersen-buchimport.com
Maße:	195 x 127 x 15 mm
Von/Mit:	Evelyn Waugh
Erscheinungsdatum:	25.08.2010
Gewicht:	0,226 kg