The Immeasurable World

Informationen zum Autor William Atkins's first book, The Moor , was shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize, and his second, The Immeasurable World , won the Stanford Dolman Travel Writing Award. In 2016 he was awarded the British Library Eccles Prize. His journalism and reviews have appeared in Harper's , the Guardian and the New York Times . Klappentext The author of critically-acclaimed "The Moor" travels to some of the most desolate desert climates on the planet, including America's Black Rock Desert, Oman, Australia and Central Asia among his destinations. Reflects on the interiority of desert dwellers around the world. Zusammenfassung From the contested borderlands of the USA to Australia's nuclear test zones, via Nevada's riotous Burning Man festival and the ancient monasteries of Egypt, he illuminates the people, history, nature and symbolism of these remarkable but often volatile places.

Product details

• Authors: William Atkins
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.06.2019
• EAN: 9780571319749
• ISBN: 978-0-571-31974-9
• No. of pages: 450
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 29 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales; NATURE / General, TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / Deserts, General & world history, The Earth: Natural History General, The Earth: natural history: general interest, Arid zones, deserts