West with the Night

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Beschreibung

<p>'Beryl Markham lived out past the edges of herself, and that boldness and sheer originality come through on every page of <i>West With the Night</i>. Kenya's early frontier - harsh and romantic - flickers to life, as do Beryl's many adventures, but it's her unconquerable spirit that truly inspired and transported me. Her life deserves a second look and this book - a masterpiece - its rightful place in history' Paula McLain<br><br>Unconventional, passionate and couragous, Beryl Markham was one of the most extraordinary women of the twentieth century: as a child in Kenya she spoke Swahili and hunted barefoot with the Murani tribe; as a woman she was a society beauty who courted scandal, a celebrated racehorse trainer, and a famous pioneering aviator. <br><br>'Written so well, and marvellously well, that I was completely ashamed of myself as a writer . . . [She] can write rings around all of us who consider ourselves writers . . . It is really a bloody wonderful book' Ernest Hemingway<br><br>'<i>West With the Night</i> is the sort of book that makes you think human beings can do anything . . . When she was a mere child, she was clawed by a lion. This should have been enough to make anybody timid for life, but not Beryl . . . A jewel of taut writing and thrilling reading' <i>New York Times</i><br><i>With an introduction by Martha Gellhorn</i></p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9780860685418

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

201 x 128 x 29 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

1984

Verlag / Hersteller

Little, Brown Book Group