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The White Lantern and Other Pursuits

The White Lantern and Other Pursuits

by Evan S Connell (Author)

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    Paperback 2002

    $3.39
Synopsis

Never has master storyteller Evan Connell been more enthralling than in these incandescent pages - tales of real-life adventure ranging from the archaeology of Olduvai gorge to the exploration of the Antarctic; from Viking voyages to an Ice Age xylophone. Never has reality so far surpassed mere fiction or fantasy than in this magnificent volume.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 304
 Edition: First Edition
 Publisher: Pimlico
Published: 03 Oct 2002
ISBN 10: 0712668527
ISBN 13: 9780712668521
Book Overview: Compelling accounts of travels in search of exotic or mythical people and places.

Media Reviews
A brilliant browse. -- John Leonard New York Times These celebrations of man's insatiable drive to probe unknown frontiers, of time and space, body and mind, past and future read like superb novels, and must establish Connell as an important writer-poet-thinker with a truly original mind. San Francisco Examiner Man cannot be accounted for by a theory or a definition. He is his own irreducible variety, and this is Mr. Connell's subject in this enormously erudite, witty book. An antiquarian's attic; a trove of sidelights and overlooked details. New York Times Book Review He cherishes the unusual, telling fact about people and places. Such details, like fine plums, ought to be plucked and tenderly boxed. This is a crate of the juiciest, temptingly presented. Houston Chronicle
Author Bio
Evan S. Connell, long recognised as one of the most important American literary voices, is the author of seventeen books, including Mrs Bridge, Mr Bridge and the bestselling Son of the Morning Star, his account of Custer's final battle at the Little Big Horn, and, most recently, his book about the crusades, Deus lo Volt! He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.