Anos Salvajes by William Finnegan
This is the story of William Finnegan's obsession with surfing. He started surfing as a child in the beaches of Hawaii and California and, though he was a quiet and diligent boy, his passion for the waves made him abandon everything and pushed him to travel during his youth through the South Pacific, Australia, Asia and Africa. Thanks to these experiences, he would end up being a well-known writer and war correspondent. A os salvajes takes the reader to unknown amazing worlds. A os salvajes nos habla de una obsesi n, la de William Finnegan con el surf. Finnegan comenz a hacer surf de peque o en Haw i y California. En los a os setenta, tras finalizar sus estudios universitarios, su pasi n le llev a dejarlo todo y emprender un viaje inici tico por Samoa, Indonesia, Fiyi, Java, Australia y Sud frica. Este precario y singular viaje, por tierras cada vez m s salvajes, y en el que varias veces estuvo al borde de la muerte, termin llev ndolo de vuelta a su pa s, donde se convertir a en un reconocido escritor y corresponsal de guerra. En Estados Unidos, pese a su nuevo trabajo, su pasi n por las olas se mantiene intacta: contin a su b squeda de la ola perfecta -la m s grande, la m s r pida, la m s peligrosa- en San Francisco, la Costa Este o Madeira. Una b squeda incesante que es, tambi n, la del sentido de su existencia.Cold New World, A Complex Conflict, Dateline Soweto, Crossing the Line, and Barbarian Days are among William Finnegan's works. He's been a finalist for the National Magazine Award twice and has earned a slew of journalism honors, including two Overseas Press Club awards since 2009. The Pulitzer Prize for Autobiography was awarded to Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life in 2016. He has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1987 and currently resides in Manhattan.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9788416213887 |
| ISBN 10 | 8416213887 |
| Title | Anos Salvajes |
| Author | William Finnegan |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Batiscafo |
| Year published | 2018-03-01 |
| Number of pages | 600 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |