Kipling Abroad: Traffics and Discoveries from Burma to Brazil [Lingua Inglese] - Rilegato

Kipling, Rudyard

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9781848850729: Kipling Abroad: Traffics and Discoveries from Burma to Brazil [Lingua Inglese]

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ISBN 10: 1848850727 ISBN 13: 9781848850729

Casa editrice: I B Tauris & Co Ltd, 2009

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Rudyard Kipling's genius for evoking the sights, sounds, and atmosphere of a place was crystallised in his fiction, in which he introduced Victorian and later readers to the drama and exoticism of the East. Kipling’s poetry, journalism, and letters also encapsulated the spirit of the places he visited, from Egypt, India and Brazil to the United States and Southern Africa. Introduced and edited by Andrew Lycett, Kipling Abroad captures the range, curiosity and sheer talent of this beloved author, revealing as much about Kipling himself as it does about the places he visited, and staking a claim for his recognition as the father of modern travel writing.

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Recensione:

'Lycett has looked at Kipling warts and all, and conducts us through his life and times with authority, dispassion and clarity. This is an excellent biography, with everything in its place.' --Lawrence James, Literary Review

'Andrew Lycett has had the good idea of making a collection of Kipling s travel writing... [he] has compiled a very enjoyable anthology. There is scarcely a single piece that isn't worth reaing. Kipling's keen observation and gift for illuminating phrase are everywhere apparent and book will be welcomed by aficionados' --Allan Massie, Literary Review

'This perfect bedside book collects the most descriptive and revealing of his travel writings...Kipling comes across as an engaging travel companion- thoughtful, curious and acute- and a writer perfectly able to evoke and crystallise the sights, sounds and spirit of a place' --Clover Stroud, Sunday Telegraph

L'autore:

Andrew Lycett is author of the definitive biography of Rudyard Kipling. As a former foreign correspondent, he has travelled widely and worked in most parts of the world written about by Kipling, legendary author of The Jungle Book and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. Lycett's other books include much praised biographies of Ian Fleming, Dylan Thomas and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. He is a member of the Council of the Kipling Society and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.

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