Where the Earth Ends

Where the Earth Ends

by JohnHarrison (Author)

Synopsis

My great grandfather and grandfather sailed the Horn, in steam and diesel, out of Liverpool. I was the first generation not to sail the Horn or fight a war. Instead, I would go to the end of the world, beyond Patagonia, to Tierra del Fuego. I would do more, I would see the Horn and find lost tribes. The child in me could go even further and sail the waters of Coleridge's albatross and enter the watercolours' blue horizons of my first novel, and sit on Robinson Crusoe's imaginary shore. I had imagined these places; they must exist. All I had to do was look for them.

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 417
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: Parthian Books
Published: 27 May 2007

ISBN 10: 1902638689
ISBN 13: 9781902638683

Media Reviews
His approach is thorough and his excitement contagious. -- The Independent on Sunday An engaging and entertaining narrative. -- Sunday Telegraph An inspiring blend of new-look, literary, post-Granta traveller and intrepid adventurer. A glorious roundtrip to desolation and romance. -- The Scotsman A fascinating book of insight, scholarship and adventurous travel, fired by childhood dreams perhaps, but fuelled by the skill of a writer from whom, I hope, we shall hear much more. -- Sunday Times A most unusual and delightful book, full of surprises, ambiguities and strange quirks of knowledge, and written with attractive gusto. -- Jan Morris Teems with erudition, anecdotes and facts that are a delight to retell... carries an echo of Raymond Carver, or even Carver's mentor Hemingway. -- South China Morning Post
Author Bio
John Harrison is a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. He has traveled around Cape Horn 14 times and has also visited Antarctica and South America.