Foreign Land

Raban, Jonathan

ISBN 10: 0670807672 / ISBN 13: 9780670807673

Published by Viking Adult, 1985

About this Item

For over thirty years, George Grey has been a ship bunker in the west African nation of Montedor, a land of malaria and political upheaval. But now he's returning to England, to a life and world essentially foreign, and to the terra incognita of retirement. In the long days that follow it's almost impossible not to get lost in melancholy memories - all the more acute since the woman he loves is back in Africa - but with the help of a sailing boat and a burgeoning friendship with the quirkiest woman in town, the ache of loneliness begins to ease. Condition: Book is in excellent condition, dust jacket is in good condition. First American Edition 1985.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Foreign Land
• Publisher: Viking Adult
• Publication Date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0670807672
• ISBN 13: 9780670807673
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 1 pound

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Synopsis

After forty years in Africa, George Grey returns to an England, a daughter, and friends who are to him absurd, and he sets out to sea on a disordered journey through his life and toward home

Reviews

After 40 years, George Grey is leaving his work in foreign countries and returning to live in retirement in England. He returns to a daughter who scares him, a house that haunts him, and a culture that befuddles him. It is only in purchasing a small boat that he recovers a sense of personal balance. Returning to the ocean provides the security that his native land and his compatriots seem to suck out of him. Raban's new novel is a kindly exploration of the psyche of an expatriate Englishman trying to adjust to post-empire Britain. The descriptions of people and places give a true sense of the ``new'' life George faces rather unwillingly. The reader will enjoy accompanying George on his voyages, both nautical and personal. Highly recommended. W. Keith McCoy, Plainfield P.L., N.J.
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