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Prisoners Of Russia

Prisoners Of Russia ab 34.49 € als Taschenbuch: A Personal Study Of Convict Life In Sakhalin And Siberia (1902). Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Taschenbücher, Wirtschaft & Soziales,

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"Umwerfend. Peter Buwaldas Genialität ist ganz und gar einmalig." The Times"Mit dem, was Psychiater für ein stattliches Honorar Vatersuche nennen, hat es nichts zu tun" - so beginnt dieser Roman, und tatsächlich: Ludwig Smit, Stiefbruder eines genialen, aber wunderlichen Klavier- und Beethoven-Virtuosen, dessen Vater Otmar auch ihn großgezogen hat, sucht seinen leiblichen Vater nicht. Aber als der junge Shell-Angestellte, zuständig für die umstrittene Vermessung von Erdölfeldern per Dynamit, auf die sibirische Insel Sachalin reist, um dort den Geschäftsführer der Firma Sakhalin Energy zu treffen, kommt ihm der Verdacht, dass dieser Johan Tromp sein Vater ist, der ihn schon im Stich gelassen hat, als er noch gar nicht geboren war. Völlig unverhofft, nämlich in einem Schneesturm, begegnet er in diesem fernen Winkel Russlands einer früheren Mitbewohnerin wieder, der Journalistin Isabelle Orthel, die, wie sich herausstellt, mit Tromp vor Jahren in Nigeria eine Affäre hatte und nun den Plan verfolgt, diverses Dunkle ans Licht zu zerren. Bislang kam Tromp - Hedonist, Alpha-Mann, Kronprinz von Shell - immer einfach so davon.Nach seinem fulminanten Roman "Bonita Avenue", von der "ZEIT" als "große europäische Kunst" gefeiert, schreibt Peter Buwalda nun also weiter an seinem stilistisch meisterhaften literarischen Universum - mit nicht weniger als einer Trilogie, deren erster Teil "Otmars Söhne" ist. Wieder geht es um Familie und die Bruchstücke davon, um abwesende Väter und Stiefväter, um Identität und Verantwortung, um persönliche Versäumnisse, Sexualität und Schuld - das unübersichtlich gewordene Leben in heutiger Zeit.

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Physiographic provinces

Physiographic provinces ab 36.49 € als Taschenbuch: Alps Anatolia Hindu Kush Great Plains Saint Lawrence River Great Rift Valley Pyrenees Madagascar Carpathian Mountains Yenisei River Atlas Mountains Sakhalin Adirondack Mountains Taiga Altai Mountains Great Barrier Reef. Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, English, International, Englische Taschenbücher,

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Exiles (eBook, ePUB)

A luminous exploration of exile - the people who have experienced it, and the places they inhabit - from the award-winning travel writer and author of The Immeasurable World and The Moor. 'An incredible, brilliant act of retrieval . . . Atkins, on his own far-ranging travels, proves an innate ability not only to take the reader with him, but to open their eyes to the reality of personal histories . . . gripping and visceral.' PHILIP HOARE, author of Albert & the Whale 'Atkins spins a marvellous tapestry of colourful tales, beautifully weaving history and travel accounts together with his thoughts on one of the most important subjects of our time: exile.' ANDREA WULF, author of The Invention of Nature 'A fascinating study of displacement and empire. Atkins' voice is distinctive: subtle, reflective and tough-minded.' COLIN THUBRON, author of The Amur River '[Atkins] is humane, humble, and empathetic, as he passes through his own circle of daily grief . . . a beautiful and moving tapestry of days, the nineteenth century comes to life, and from different corners of the globe arrive lessons on the meaning of un/belonging.' ILYA KAMINSKY, author of Deaf Republic and Dancing in Odessa This is the story of three unheralded nineteenth-century dissidents, whose lives were profoundly shaped by the winds of empire, nationalism and autocracy that continue to blow strongly today: Louise Michel, a leader of the radical socialist government known as the Paris Commune; Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo, an enemy of British colonialism in Zululand; and Lev Shternberg, a militant campaigner against Russian tsarism. In Exiles, William Atkins travels to their islands of banishment - Michel's New Caledonia in the South Pacific, Dinuzulu's St Helena in the South Atlantic, and Shternberg's Sakhalin off the Siberian coast - in a bid to understand how exile shaped them and the people among whom they were exiled. In doing so he illuminates the solidarities that emerged between the exiled subject, on the one hand, and the colonised subject, on the other. Rendering these figures and the places they were forced to occupy in shimmering detail, Atkins reveals deeply human truths about displacement, colonialism and what it means to have and to lose a home. Occupying the fertile zone where history, biography and travel writing meet, Exiles is a masterpiece of imaginative empathy. 'Thoughtful, meditative, beautifully sustained and transporting.' GAVIN FRANCIS, author of Island Dreams 'A brilliant book . . . [Atkins has] done Dinuzulu's exile an immense service by bringing it into view in the most thoughtful and engaged way.' PROFESSOR HLONIPHA MOKOENA, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa 'One of the best makers of sentences around.' OLIVIA LAING 'An erudite writer with a wonderful wit and gaze'. JOY WILLIAMS *** Read The Moor and The Immeasureable World for more award-winning writing from William Atkins

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