Discovery of Slowness

Nadolny, Sten; Freedman, Ralph (TRN)

ISBN 10: 0140265848 / ISBN 13: 9780140265842

Published by Penguin Publishing Group, 1997

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Discovery of Slowness
• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0140265848
• ISBN 13: 9780140265842
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

An extraordinary literary journey of Sir John Franklin, a man dedicated to continually pushing boundaries and making history.

German novelist Sten Nadolny recounts the life of the nineteenth-century British explorer Sir John Franklin (1786-1847). The reader follows Franklin's development from awkward schoolboy and ridiculed teenager to expedition leader, governor of Tasmania, and icon of adventure. Everyone with whom he came into contact sensed that he was a rare man, one who was “out of his time” and who moved to a different, grander beat. That beat eventually led Franklin to sail once more—on his final, fateful voyage—into the Arctic in search of the Northwest Passage.

The Discovery of Slowness is both a riveting account of a remarkable and varied life, and a profound and thought-provoking meditation on time.

About the Author

Sten Nadolny is the author of several novels, including The Discovery of Slowness. He lives in Germany.

Ralph Freedman, Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature at Princeton University, is acclaimed for his biographies Hermann Hesse: Pilgrim of Crisis, and Life of a Poet: Rainer Maria Rilke.