Jonathan Raban, Coasting, Jonathan Raban

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Jonathan Raban, Coasting, Jonathan Raban

Name: Jonathan Raban, Coasting, Jonathan Raban
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Catalogue Note:This is the 2018 softcover reissue by Eland Publishing, an imprint highly regarded for reviving classic and out-of-print travel literature. Originally published in 1986, the text is a defining example of late-20th-century British psychogeography and travel writing, capturing the sociopolitical mood of the United Kingdom during the early 1980s. It stands as a pivotal work in Raban's bibliography, blending maritime adventure with sharp cultural commentary and autobiographical reflection.

Coasting round Britain single-handed in an antique two-masted sailing boat, Jonathan Raban conducts a masterly exploration of England and the English at the time of Margaret Thatcher and the Falklands War. He moves seamlessly between awkward memories of childhood as the son of a vicar, a vivid chronicle of the shape-shifting sea, and incisive descriptions of the people and communities he encounters. As he faces his terror of racing water, eddies, offshore sandbars, and ferries on a collision course, Raban simultaneously navigates the complex and turbulent waters of his own middle age. It is a fearless attempt to discover the meaning of belonging and of his homeland.

ISBN: 9781780601380

Book Condition: New

Book Authors: Jonathan Raban

Book Publisher: Eland Publishing Ltd

Book Language: en

Narrative Type: Non-Fiction

Genre: Autobiography, Biography & Memoirs

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Book Pages: 248

Book Publication Year: 2018

Book Publication Date: June 17, 2018

Book Binding: Paperback

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