Pikkukuvaa napsauttamalla pääset Google Booksiin.
Ladataan... Fellowship of Ghosts: A Journey Through the Mountains of NorwayTekijä: Paul Watkins
- Ladataan...
Kirjaudu LibraryThingiin nähdäksesi, pidätkö tästä kirjasta vai et. Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta. I just loved this. Loved, loved, loved it. The travel part was fascinating but it just proved to me again and again why Paul Watkins is one of my favorite authors. A nice mixture of his travel refelctions, other reflections, humour and deep thoughts, a bit of everything. I love his writing style, I felt like I was there with him and I love how much he lets his travels change him and shares those moments. The travels with the older writers who went these ways before was a great twist. A completely enjoyable and engrossing read. In terms of travelogues, this is probably an acquired taste - Watkins journeys through landscape but also through some obscure 19th/early 20th century travel books by various eccentric walkers and explorers... so you have to be prepared to take on board Watkins' judgements about travel literature, as well as his descriptions of walking in Norway. Some previous knowledge of Norway, or a little travel in western Norway will help your enjoyment. Also, a minor quibble - the subtitle "Travels in the Land of the Midnight Sun" is a little misleading. Watkins never travels north of Trondheim, which is still a significant distance south of the Arctic Circle. So technically he never reaches any piece of land where the sun shines at midnight. näyttää 5/5 ei arvosteluja | lisää arvostelu
The author of Stand Before Your God recounts his recent solo journeys on foot through Norway's mountains, describing the beautiful country, with its blue snowfields and valleys bordered by thousand-foot cliffs, as well as the harsh terrain. Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
Current Discussions-
Google Books — Ladataan... LajityypitMelvil Decimal System (DDC)914.8104History and Geography Geography and Travel Geography of and travel in Europe Scandinavia and Finland NorwayKongressin kirjaston luokitusArvio (tähdet)Keskiarvo:
Oletko sinä tämä henkilö? |
Watkins uses the traditional technique of travel writing (go into a lesser known region (at least in America) with a couple of old books of people who went there a long time ago and match the experiencess), but, sensing it doesn't work out, he widens the range of subjects to (very far-fetched) autobiographical stories and seemingly unconnected issues (polar exploration and Vikings couldn't be farther from well-trodden mountain paths in the Norwegian hinterland).
What I did like about the book was some witty metaphors and beautifully rendered imagery of the landscape, but that's about it. 3 1/2 stars? How come?