Facing The Congo
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2002
Abacus (Verlag)
978-0-349-11450-7 (ISBN)
Abacus (Verlag)
978-0-349-11450-7 (ISBN)
Outstanding travel narrative about a journey up the Congo river: superbly evocative writing in the tradition of Paul Theroux and Bruce Chatwin
At thirty-three one's direction in life should be clear, and mine was not.' In search of some direction, or at least a new challenge, Jeffrey Tayler gave up his day job of opening rejection letters from publishers and went exploring. Having always been fascinated by Africa and the great age of Victorian exploration he went to Kinshasa in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of Congo) and found a boat to take him up-river to Kisangani, deep in the heart of the jungle. Not content with that, he then bought a pirogue (a kind of canoe), hired a guide and set out to paddle the 1,000 miles back to Kinshasa.
A personal journey, an intrepid voyage, an exceptionally well-written travelogue: FACING THE CONGO is all these things and more. A wonderfully vivid and exciting read for armchair adventurers everywhere.
At thirty-three one's direction in life should be clear, and mine was not.' In search of some direction, or at least a new challenge, Jeffrey Tayler gave up his day job of opening rejection letters from publishers and went exploring. Having always been fascinated by Africa and the great age of Victorian exploration he went to Kinshasa in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of Congo) and found a boat to take him up-river to Kisangani, deep in the heart of the jungle. Not content with that, he then bought a pirogue (a kind of canoe), hired a guide and set out to paddle the 1,000 miles back to Kinshasa.
A personal journey, an intrepid voyage, an exceptionally well-written travelogue: FACING THE CONGO is all these things and more. A wonderfully vivid and exciting read for armchair adventurers everywhere.
Jeffrey Tayler is a writer and traveller, and the author of one previous book.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 2.5.2002 |
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Zusatzinfo | Integrated: 12, b/w int. |
Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 128 x 196 mm |
Gewicht | 238 g |
Themenwelt | Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Afrika |
ISBN-10 | 0-349-11450-1 / 0349114501 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-349-11450-7 / 9780349114507 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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