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Put Jonathan Raban on a boat and the results will be fascinating, and never more so than when he's sailing around the serpentine, two-thousand-mile coast of his native England. In this acutely perceived and beautifully written book, the bestselling author of Bad Land turns that voyage--which coincided with the Falklands war of 1982--into an occasion for meditations on his country, his childhood, and the elusive notion of home.Whether he's chatting with bored tax exiles on the Isle of Man, wrestling down a mainsail during a titanic gale, or crashing a Scottish house party where the kilted guests turn out to be Americans, Raban is alert to the slightest nuance of meaning. One can read Coasting for his precise naturalistic descriptions or his mordant comments on the new England, where the principal industry seems to be the marketing of Englishness. But one always reads it with pleasure.
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Put Jonathan Raban on a boat and the results will be fascinating, and never more so than when he's sailing around the serpentine, 2,000-mile coast of his native England. In this acutely perceived and beautifully written book, the bestselling author of Bad Land turns that voyage-which coincided with the Falklands war of 1982-into an occasion for meditations on his country, his childhood, and the elusive notion of home.
Whether he's chatting with bored tax exiles on the Isle of Man, wrestling down a mainsail during a titanic gale, or crashing a Scottish house party where the kilted guests turn out to be Americans, Raban is alert to the slightest nuance of meaning. One can read Coasting for his precise naturalistic descriptions or his mordant comments on the new England, where the principal industry seems to be the marketing of Englishness. But one always reads it with pleasure.
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Coasting: 11 (Picador Travel Classics)
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Pan Macmillan, United Kingdom, London, 1995
ISBN 10: 0330343955
ISBN 13: 9780330343954
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. This text tells the story of how in 1982 the author set out alone in a 30-foot ketch to sail round the British Isles. Raban had never before handled a boat at sea, but wanted to inspect the country where he lived as an independent navigator with a sceptical outsider's eye for his homeland. He sails into his own past, into Britain's troubled present, and into a sense of reflection. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR002337156
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 357 pages. In 1982, Jonathan Raban set sail on a voyage around his native land. He furni shed a small boat with books and pictures and took to the sea, making a looping journey around the British Isles. The voyage took him deep into history, his own. Seller Inventory # 6598bb
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Hard Cover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. First Thus. VG/VG. 12mo. original blue boards (a little rubbed & bumped) in dustwrapper priced £13.00 (slightly rubbed & frayed); pp. [xxiv], 358 (last blank), with illustrations & maps. A very good copy. Seller Inventory # 012485
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