Detalls del llibre
"Three hundred years of wanderlust are captured in this collection as women travel for peril or pleasure, whether to gaze into Persian gardens or imbibe the French countryside, to challenge the fierce Sahara or climb an impossible mountain. The extraordinary women in this collection are observers of the world in which they wander; their prose rich in description, remarkable in detail. Mary McCarthy conveys the vitality of Florence while Willa Cather's essay on Lavandou foreshadows her descriptions of the French countryside in later novels. Others are more active participants in the culture they are visiting, such as Leila Philip, as she harvests rice with Japanese women. Whether it is curiosity about the world, a thirst for adventure or escape from personal tragedy, all of these women are united in that they approached their journeys with wit, intelligence, compassion and empathy for the lives of those they encountered along the way. Also includes writing by Willa Cather, Joan Didion, Vita Sackville-West, M.F.K Fisher, Christina Dodwell and more."--Publisher
Llegir més - Autor/a Mary Morrissy
- ISBN13 9780349013527
- ISBN10 0349013527
- Pàgines 544
- Any Edició 2020
- Fecha de publicación 29/10/2020
- Idioma Alemany, Francès
Ressenyes i valoracions
Virago Book Of Women Travellers. (Alemany, Francès)
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- Mary Morrissy
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- Entangled Publishing, LLC (2020)
- 9780349013527



