Following in the footsteps of countless emigrants, Jonathan Raban
takes ship for New York from Liverpool, to explore how succeeding
generations of newcomers have fared in America. He finds a country of
massive contrasts, between the ‘Street People’ and the ‘Air
People’ in New York, between small town and big city, between
thrusting immigrants and down-at-heel Native Americans. Having
outgrown his minute, rented, New York apartment, he heads for
Guntersville, Alabama, where he settles for a few months as a good
ol’ boy in a cabin on the lake with an elderly ‘rented’
labrador. From there he flies to the promise of Seattle, talking with
its thrusting but alienated Asian community, and thence to the watery
lowlife of Key West. The result is a breathtaking observation of the
States – a travelogue, a social history and a love letter in one.
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781780601465
Publisert
2018
Utgiver
Vendor
Eland Publishing
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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