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El turista desnudo

Autor: Lawrence Osborne

Número de Páginas: 210

El escritor Lawrence Osborne, pese a saber que por muy lejos que uno vaya siempre habrá un tour operator esperándolo, busca un lugar alejado de la civilización en la isla de Papúa Nueva Guinea. Y decide emprender un viaje distinto a cualquier otro: empezando por uno de los destinos más contaminados de la Tierra, como el Dubái que los jeques están transformando en un inmenso parque temático, las islas Andamán, semiderruidas por el tsunami y en proceso de reconstrucción como las nuevas Maldivas, Tailandia, vista como una enorme ciudad de la salud y del fitness, para concluir en una inmensa isla entre cielos verdes, ríos enrojecidos y volcanes en erupción, donde Osborne se encontrará desnudo y feliz en medio de una orgía tribal, no sin antes haber sabido transmitir al lector su irresistible manía de viajar a todas partes, en un mundo que estamos transformando en una terrible caricatura de nuestras propias fantasías. Lawrence Osborne disecciona las ciudades con la precisión de un cirujano y nos muestra sus tripas como nadie ha sido capaz de hacerlo hasta ahora.

Shameful Autobiographies

Autor: Rosamund Dalziell

Número de Páginas: 258

Writing autobiography is a risky business. What is shameful can be inadvertently rather than deliberately revealed. Yet reading autobiography can also be risky, as it may lead to the confrontation of shame in ourselves. Perhaps it is this element of risk, together with the magnetism of another person's confession of shameful experience, that make us such avid readers of autobiography. Rosamund Dalziell proposes that shame is the driving force in many Australian autobiographies. Indeed, she suggests that the representation of shame is fundamental to the autobiographical process. Shame seeks concealment-and this, she argues, explains both why this fascinating link has not before been explored and why, when it is pointed out, we immediately know it to be authentic. Shameful Autobiographies looks at pervasive patterns of shame in the autobiographies of such leading Australian writers as Germaine Greer, Sally Morgan, Bernard Smith, Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Morris Lurie, Ruby Langford Ginibi and Robert Dessaix. In so doing it establishes the centrality of shame to problems of Australian identity and to current political debate—for instance, it is shame that fuels angry repudiations of...

Duplicity

Autor: Donna Freed

Número de Páginas: 250

A powerful, poignant and pacey adoption memoir which reads like a thriller' New York Times. Donna's birth parents were infamous con artists at the heart one of the US's biggest crime investigations of the 1960s. Adoption, Family and Fraud... When her adoptive mother died in 2009 Donna Freed set out to track down her birth mother. What she discovered was truly shocking - she was the daughter of a pair of infamous con artists, at the heart of one of the biggest true crime stories to grip the USA in the 1960s. Previously redacted records from the infamous *Louise Wise Services in New York revealed that Donna's mother (27, Jewish and single), her father (40, Catholic, married with 4 children), had hatched a plan to defraud an insurance company and run off to Spain to raise Donna. Further investigation revealed that in 1967, Donna's mother, Mira Lindenmaier, faked her own death in a drowning accident off City Island in the Bronx for the double indemnity insurance money. Donna loved her tricky, unconventional adoptive mother, but was now keen to meet her birth mother and find out how and why her parents abandoned her. How would she feel towards Mira, her 'real' Mum. How has becoming a...

Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English

Autor: Eugene Benson , L.w. Conolly

Número de Páginas: 2713

Post-Colonial Literatures in English, together with English Literature and American Literature, form one of the three major groupings of literature in English, and, as such, are widely studied around the world. Their significance derives from the richness and variety of experience which they reflect. In three volumes, this Encyclopedia documents the history and development of this body of work and includes original research relating to the literatures of some 50 countries and territories. In more than 1,600 entries written by more than 600 internationally recognized scholars, it explores the effect of the colonial and post-colonial experience on literatures in English worldwide.

Travelers to an Antique Land

Autor: Robert Eisner

Número de Páginas: 340

In Travelers to an Antique Land, Robert Eisner embarks on an engaging journey through centuries of fascination with Greece—a land alternately imagined, idealized, and rediscovered by visitors from across the world. Blending historical narrative and literary analysis, Eisner charts the evolution of travel to Greece, focusing on how successive generations of writers, scholars, and adventurers experienced and depicted its landscapes, people, and ruins.From antiquarian explorers and Grand Tourists to modern-day expatriates and bohemian wanderers, the book brings to life the shifting motivations, expectations, and emotions that have propelled travelers across Aegean shores and up mythic mountains. Drawing on diaries, guidebooks, novels, and personal memoirs, Eisner weaves a rich tapestry that connects the spiritual and sensory allure of Greece—with its ancient ruins, radiant light, and enduring myths—to the cultural baggage and personal longings of those who journeyed there.Foregrounding English-language writers but attentive to broader European currents, Travelers to an Antique Land explores topics such as the cult of classical antiquity, the search for “authentic” ruins,...

Meanjin

Número de Páginas: 976

Meanjin is a quarterly literary journal publishing the best new writing from established voices and emerging talents. For over 70 years Meanjin has articulated questions of national importance, questions or art, culture, policy and identity, as well as introducing some of the greatest literary names Australia has ever produced.

The Life and Myth of Charmian Clift

Autor: Nadia Wheatley

Número de Páginas: 1038

The long-awaited award-winning biography of one of Australia's most charismatic and misunderstood writers. Charmian Clift's writing captivated readers across the nation. Her life inspired legends and fascinated thousands. Now at last here is the real story. Charmian Clift was born in Kiama, New South Wales, in 1923. In this close-knit seaside community Clift felt an outsider and rebelled against the expectations of the working-class town. the beautiful, complex and intelligent young country girl grew into a forthright and witty woman who, after a stint in the war-time army, began a career as a journalist with the Melbourne newspaper the Argus. It was here that Clift met the 'golden boy' war correspondent George Johnston, who went on to write the classic My Brother Jack. Within a short space of time Clift and Johnston had collaborated on the prize-winning novel High Valley, moved to London and then shocked everyone by giving up the sophisticated London life and moving their family to a Greek island to focus on their careers as writers.

The Oxford Book of Australian Letters

Autor: Brenda Niall , John Robert Thompson

Número de Páginas: 352

The first wide-ranging historical anthology of Australian letters, this entertaining, informative, and superbly researched volume offers 201 letters, from James Cook and Arthur Phillip to Les Murray, Helen Garner, and an e-mail exchange of the 1990s.

Australian Books in Print 1998

Autor: Bowker

Número de Páginas: 1118

"...excellent coverage...essential to worldwide bibliographic coverage."--AMERICAN REFERENCE BOOKS ANNUAL. This comprehensive reference provides current finding & ordering information on more than 75,000 in-print books published in or about Australia, or written by Australian authors, organized by title, author, & keyword. You'll also find brief profiles of more than 7,000 publishers & distributors whose titles are represented, as well as information on trade associations, local agents of overseas publishers, literary awards, & more. From D.W. Thorpe.

Australian Writers, 1915-1950

Autor: Selina Samuels

Número de Páginas: 552

The starting date for this volume is central to Australia's self-definition; it is the year of the most famous battle in Australian military history - Gallipoli, during World War I. It marked the first time that Australians fought as a nation rather than part of the British military, and the Gallipoli campaign has come to signify a legendary image of the Australian character - one who is brave in the face of danger, stoic in adversity, and loyal to ones comrades.

The ALS Guide to Australian Writers

Autor: Martin Duwell , Marianne Ehrhardt , Carol Hetherington

Número de Páginas: 524

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