The Zanzibar Chest

Informationen zum Autor Aidan Hartley was born in 1965 and raised in East Africa. He read English at Balliol College, Oxford, and later politics at London University. He joined Reuters as a foreign correspondent and has worked in Africa, the Balkans, the Middle East and Russia. In 1996 he began travelling and writing on his own. Klappentext A deeply affecting memoir of a childhood in Africa and the continent's horrendous wars, which Hartley witnessed at first hand as a journalist in the 1990s. Shortlisted for the prestigious Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-fiction, this is a masterpiece of autobiographical journalism. Zusammenfassung A deeply affecting memoir of a childhood in Africa and the continent's horrendous wars, which Hartley witnessed at first hand as a journalist in the 1990s. Shortlisted for the prestigious Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-fiction, this is a masterpiece of autobiographical journalism.

Info autore

Aidan Hartley was born in 1965 and raised in East Africa. He read English at Balliol College, Oxford, and later politics at London University. He joined Reuters as a foreign correspondent and has worked in Africa, the Balkans, the Middle East and Russia. In 1996 he began travelling and writing on his own.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Aidan Hartley, Hartley Aidan
• Editore: Harper Perennial UK
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 21.06.2004
• EAN: 9780006531210
• ISBN: 978-0-00-653121-0
• Pagine: 320
• Dimensioni: 128 mm x 198 mm x 27 mm
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi > Epistole, diari; TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, Biography: general, TRAVEL / Middle East / General, Travel writing, Arabian Peninsula, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Arab & Middle Eastern, Journey;Trek