I May Be Some Time by Francis Spufford

I May Be Some Time by Francis Spufford

Francis Spufford explores the British obsession with polar exploration in a book that Jan Morris, writing in The Times, called, A truly majestic work of scholarship, thought and literary imagination . . .

The title, a last quote from one explorer to his party as he left their tent never to return, embodies the danger and mystery that fueled the romantic allure of the poles and, subsequently, the British imagination. Far from being a conventional history of polar exploration, I May Be Some Time attempts to understand what was going on in the minds of the polar explorers as they headed toward destinies like Terra Nova.

Serving up a heady brew of Captain Perry, Jane Eyre, gastronomic obsessions with iced desserts, and the daily lives of Eskimos, Spufford treats the reader to one of the most satisfying and imaginative contemporary works dealing with exploration and human need.

I May Be Some Time (Picador) is also written by Francis Spufford. He was nominated Young Writer of the Year by the Sunday Times (London) and received the Somerset Maugham and Writers' Guild Awards in 1997. He is based in London.

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ISBN 13	9780312220815
ISBN 10	0312220812
Title	I May Be Some Time
Author	Francis Spufford
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	St. Martin's Griffin
Year published	1999-07-30
Number of pages	388
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.