Hunting Mr Heartbreak by Jonathan Raban

Hunting Mr Heartbreak by Jonathan Raban

'Jonathan Raban is simply one of the great writers of nonfiction at work today. I hold his work in awe.' Robert Macfarlane 'Unfailingly witty and entertaining.' Salman Rushdie 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 a 'rented' elderly lab. From there he flies to the promise of Seattle, discovering 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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ISBN 13	9781780601373
ISBN 10	1780601379
Titel	Hunting Mr Heartbreak
Autor	Jonathan Raban
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Eland Publishing Ltd
Erscheinungsjahr	2018-05-24
Seitenanzahl	336
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