In the Land of Giants by Gabi Martínez

In the Land of Giants by Gabi Martínez

Reminiscent of Into The Wild, In the Land of Giants goes in search of a charismatic, enigmatic adventurer who lost his life on a mysterious quest through one of the most hostile landscapes on earth.

‘When reading this book, one gets gusts of the best of Kipling, and also of Chatwin, even of Robert ByronIt’s the story of an obsessive trip, of a murder, of several love affairs, of a journey, of an adventurer who got lost forever, of the danger latent in trying to uncover an elusive truth and a truth only meaningful for he who wants it told (and then also, of course, for the fortunate reader). Fascinating from start to finish, In the Land of Giants is the kind of incredible story only an excess of reality can provide.’

* Javier Marías *

‘A book that caught me from beginning to end, in which many genres are combined. It is a classic book of adventures, but it is also the biography of a character that has fascinated me, a kind of Lawrence of Arabia with many contrasts.’

-- John Carlin, author of Playing the Enemy

‘A dark and hypnotic book, the chronicle of a fascination (or two) that leads us to remote and majestic places, to the Kiplingesque Hindu Kush, where adventure has simmered for centuries, and which also leads us to the most remote and sinister side of the human soul.’

* El País *

‘Martinez ably conjures the scent of juniper, the taste of black, salty tea and the sight of a 40-donkey convoy heading to Panjsh.’

* Spectator *

‘The translation skilfully captures the eccentric nature of the prose, and Martínez’s fascination comes through clearly.’

-- Ali Bhutto * TLS *

‘Enthralling from beginning to end, In the Land of Giants is an inspired telling of an uncommon story.’

* West Australian *

‘A murder mystery more intriguing than anything you could make up.’

* Sunday Territorian *

Gabi Martínez has published eleven fiction and non-fiction books. He is particularly well-known for his outstanding travel writing and literary journalism, and his novels have been selected as books of the year by Spanish literary magazine Qué Leer. Martinez was included in Palgrave/Macmillan’s list of the top five writers of Spanish Vanguardism in the last 20 years. Daniel Hahn is a writer, editor, and translator, with some eighty books to his name. His work has won him the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize and the International Dublin Literary Award, and has been shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize, among many others. His recent translations include Diamela Eltit’s Never Did the Fire, a novel, and Sidarta Ribeiro’s The Oracle of Night, a nonfiction book about neuroscience and dreaming.

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ISBN 13	9781925228717
ISBN 10	1925228711
Title	In the Land of Giants
Author	Gabi Martínez
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Scribe Publications
Year published	2017-04-13
Number of pages	400
Prizes	Runner-up for The Premio Valle Inclán Prize 2018 (UK)
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.