Remote People

Name: Remote People
Price: 10.99 EUR
Author: Evelyn Waugh
ISBN: 9780718197728

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Evelyn Waugh

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Paru le : 31/05/2012

Perhaps the funniest travel book ever written, Remote People begins with a vivid account of the coronation of Emperor Ras Tafari - Haile Selassie I, King... > Lire la suite

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Perhaps the funniest travel book ever written, Remote People begins with a vivid account of the coronation of Emperor Ras Tafari - Haile Selassie I, King of Kings - an event covered by Evelyn Waugh in 1930 as special correspondent for The Times. It continues with subsequent travels throughout Africa, where natives rub shoulders with eccentric expatriates, settlers with Arab traders and dignitaries with monks.
Interspersed with these colourful tales are three 'nightmares' which describe the vexations of travel, including returning home.

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Date de parution : 31/05/2012
Editeur : PENGUIN
Collection : Penguin Modern Classics
ISBN : 978-0-7181-9772-8
EAN : 9780718197728
Format : ePub
Nb. de pages : 192 pages

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- Pages : 192
- Protection num. : Contenu protégé

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Biographie d'Evelyn Waugh

Evelyn Waugh was born in Hampstead in 1903 and educated at Hertford College, Oxford. In 1928 he published his first novel, Decline and Fall, which was soon followed by Vile Bodies (1930), Black Mischief (1932), A Handful of Dust (1934) and Scoop (1938). During these years he also travelled extensively and converted to Catholicism. In 1939 Waugh was commissioned in the Royal Marines and later transferred to the Royal Horse Guards, experiences which informed his Sword of Honour trilogy (1952-61).
His most famous novel, Brideshead Revisited (1945), was written while on leave from the army. Waugh died in 1966.