320 pp with maps on endpapers.Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Red cloth boards are "as new.: Dust jacket is bright and intact with light rubbing. Size: 5" x 6.5".

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Title

Portrait of the Gulf Stream -In Praise of Currents-

Publisher

Haus Publishing, London

Publication Date

2005

Language

English

ISBN 10

190579133X

ISBN 13

9781905791330

Binding

Hard Cover

Condition

Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

Near Fine

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Synopsis

'I am not a scientist, confesses �rik Orsenna, I am a rover. A rover with a special weakness for the sort of trivial questions that leave not only parents but even experts fumbling around for an answer: Why is the night dark? Why does water wet? ... And why do currents flow? It so happens that ever since childhood I have been in love with ocean currents, in love withthose rivers hidden in the water. I love letting a current catch me up, and then drifting, asthough I were on holiday: someone strong has suddenly taken you into the palm of his hand. All you have to do now is let yourself be carried along. In Portrait of the Gulf Stream �rik Orsenna embarks on a journey of discovery, to tease the secrets out of the Gulf Stream, who he calls the friend of my childhood , who he had a very special relationship to: In my family, Catholic by tradition, it was understood that some of our prayers should express gratitude to God (for all His works) and, a close second, gratitude to the Gulf Stream. Every time we emerged shaking and shivering from our icy Breton swims, a grandmother or an aunt would be there to exclaim: Now don t forget to thank the Gulf Stream! If not for the Gulf Stream, our ocean would be cold. Orsenna s journey of discovery leads him from Florida to Cape Hatteras, from the lush gardens of Scotland to the coast of Norway, where he experiences the frightening Malstrom.

About the Author

�RIK ORSENNA has published several novels. La vie comme a Lausanne won the Prix Roger Nimier and for L�Exposition coloniale he was awarded the Prix Goncourt in 1988. Since 1998 �rik Orsenna is a member of the Acad�mie fran�aise.

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