The Gilded Chalet - Travels in Literary Switzerland

Zusatztext The Gilded Chalet entertains! informs and whets the appetite for more. And there are more discoveries in Rooney's tasty assortment of literary bonbons. Informationen zum Autor Padraig Rooney was born in Ireland and studied at Maynooth College and at the Sorbonne. When he was sixteen he first came to Switzerland, saw the Rolling Stones in Berne, and never looked back. He has lived in Switzerland for fifteen years, and teaches English at International School Basel. He worked as a freelance travel writer for many years, for the Irish Times , Irish Press, Sunday Tribune, Bangkok Post , and many Asian magazines. www.padraigrooney.com Klappentext Originally published: 2015 (UK), 2016 (US).Part detective work, part treasure chest, The Gilded Chalet takes you on a grand tour of the birthplace of our best-loved stories, revealing how Switzerland became the landscape of our imagination. Zusammenfassung Part detective work, part treasure chest, The Gilded Chalet takes you on a grand tour of the birthplace of our best-loved stories, revealing how Switzerland became the landscape of our imagination.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Padraig Rooney, Rooney Padraig
• Edition: Brealey, Nicholas
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Poche format B
• Sortie: 09.02.2017
• EAN: 9781857886528
• ISBN: 978-1-85788-652-8
• Pages: 320
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 21 mm
• Catégories: Voyage > Récits de voyage; Biography: literary, Switzerland, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / German, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Italian, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / French, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, TRAVEL / Europe / Switzerland, Literary studies: general, Biography: writers