A Mile Down by David Vann
Sinking deep into debt, and encountering everything from a lost rudder to freak storms, Vann is on the verge of losing everything - including his life. Part high-seas adventure, part journey of self-discovery, A Mile Down is a gripping and unforgettable story of struggle and redemption, by a writer at the top of his game.
You gaze entranced as his destiny unfolds…Vann pulls off the most gripping passage of sea-catastrophe writing I have read outside Conrad, a chest-tightening, concretely detailed, cold, sickening and cumulatively desperate depiction of life turning murderous* Spectator *
At once memoir, confession, travel book and thriller, David Vann’s A Mile Down is so vivid and intense you will dread to see it end…. The book is a testimony of passion and courage in deadly storms and scarier calms, of a man wrestling with his ghosts and gifts in the very shadow of paradise. -- Robert Morgan, author of Gap Creek and Brave Enemies
Vann brings his undoubted storytelling skill to his own experiences…unflinching honesty…a terrific piece of writing from a brave and talented author. * Big Issue *
An antidote to the usual run of escape-to-the-sun memoirs. * Financial Times *
Rarely has a memoir combined such raw self-exposure with such ultimately consoling insight. * New Statesman *
At once memoir, confession, travel book and thriller, David Vann’s A Mile Down is so vivid and intense you will dread to see it end…. The book is a testimony of passion and courage in deadly storms and scarier calms, of a man wrestling with his ghosts and gifts in the very shadow of paradise. -- Robert Morgan, author of Gap Creek and Brave Enemies
Vann brings his undoubted storytelling skill to his own experiences…unflinching honesty…a terrific piece of writing from a brave and talented author. * Big Issue *
An antidote to the usual run of escape-to-the-sun memoirs. * Financial Times *
Rarely has a memoir combined such raw self-exposure with such ultimately consoling insight. * New Statesman *
David Vann was born in the Aleutian Islands and spent his childhood in Ketchikan, Alaska. He is the author of the international bestseller Legend of a Suicide – which has been translated into eighteen languages and won several prizes including the Prix Medicis Etranger – Caribou Island, Dirt, Goat Mountain and Aquarium. He is also the author of two bestselling non-fiction books, and has written for Atlantic Monthly, Esquire, the Sunday Times, Guardian, Sunday Telegraph, Financial Times and other magazines and newspapers.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780099558736 |
| ISBN 10 | 0099558734 |
| Title | A Mile Down |
| Author | David Vann |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cornerstone |
| Year published | 2016-08-11 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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