Ghost Train Through the Andes by Michael Jacobs
Almost 100 years after his railway engineer grandfather embarked on a long, lonely passage to a remote corner of South America, Michael Jacobs sets off on a journey that will follow in his footsteps
Michael Jacobs so steeped his youth in erudition that until he was forty he didn't know who the Beatles wereHe then burst from this shell and, making up for lost time, plunged into the wilder side of life. This unusual reversal gives him a unique voice, one that combines wit, warmth and wildness and seasons it with enough solid knowledge to give you confidence that you're in good hands. Ghost Train Through the Andes gives full measure of this extraordinary traveller and gifted writer. If you're not up to tramping the Atacama Desert or wandering through Bolivia on the eve of revolution, best let Michael Jacobs do it for you. * Chris Stewart *
'This is more than a travel book . . . it's also a love story' * Nicholas Bagnall, Sunday Telegraph *
'A fascinating travel book' * Sunday Times *
Praise for The Factory of Light:
Turbulent, tender, irreverent and funny . . . Sheer delight * Joanne Harris, author of CHOCOLAT *
Michael Jacobs' book does everything a book ought to do: it amuses, delights and instructs * Chris Stewart, author of DRIVING OVER LEMONS *
A finale worthy of Fellini * Geraldine Cooke, Independent *
A welcome reminder that close encounters of the Mediterranean kind don't have to be all froth and bubble * Anthony Sattin, Sunday Times *
A journey of Chaucerian richness * Barnaby Rogerson, Country Life *
'A magical, enraptured book' * John Walsh, Independent *
'Jacobs is one of the best writers on all things Spanish' * The Tablet *
'The particular strength of this eloquent, unhurried tale is its depiction of the author's friendship with El Sereno . . . Theirs is a winning Quixote-Panza double act' * Miranda France, Daily Telegraph *
Entertaining * Sara Wheeler, Daily Telegraph *
'Skilfully weaves the journeys of grandfather and grandson, separated by almost a century . . .Jacobs . . .embraces South America with the hot, lustrous spirit of carnival' * Tarquin Hall, New Statesman *
'A... bold and engaging family history.' * Rory McLean, Sunday Telegraph *
'This is more than a travel book . . . it's also a love story' * Nicholas Bagnall, Sunday Telegraph *
'A fascinating travel book' * Sunday Times *
Praise for The Factory of Light:
Turbulent, tender, irreverent and funny . . . Sheer delight * Joanne Harris, author of CHOCOLAT *
Michael Jacobs' book does everything a book ought to do: it amuses, delights and instructs * Chris Stewart, author of DRIVING OVER LEMONS *
A finale worthy of Fellini * Geraldine Cooke, Independent *
A welcome reminder that close encounters of the Mediterranean kind don't have to be all froth and bubble * Anthony Sattin, Sunday Times *
A journey of Chaucerian richness * Barnaby Rogerson, Country Life *
'A magical, enraptured book' * John Walsh, Independent *
'Jacobs is one of the best writers on all things Spanish' * The Tablet *
'The particular strength of this eloquent, unhurried tale is its depiction of the author's friendship with El Sereno . . . Theirs is a winning Quixote-Panza double act' * Miranda France, Daily Telegraph *
Entertaining * Sara Wheeler, Daily Telegraph *
'Skilfully weaves the journeys of grandfather and grandson, separated by almost a century . . .Jacobs . . .embraces South America with the hot, lustrous spirit of carnival' * Tarquin Hall, New Statesman *
'A... bold and engaging family history.' * Rory McLean, Sunday Telegraph *
Michael Jacobs (1952-2014) received a PhD from the Courtauld Institute of Art. All things Hispanic obsessed him since childhood and he translated a number of Spanish and Latin American plays. He was a member of the Andalucian Order of Gastronomy and in 2002 was made the first foreign knight of 'The Very Noble and Illustrious Order of the Wooden Spoon'.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780719561818 |
| ISBN 10 | 0719561817 |
| Title | Ghost Train Through the Andes |
| Author | Michael Jacobs |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | John Murray Press |
| Year published | 2007-04-19 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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