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halfmanhalfbook's review
3.0
I have read one of his other books, Cloud Road, which I thought was excellent. so was looking forward to this.
Harrison is travelling around the very southern extremes of the South America, in an area known as Patagonia. He is searching for the indigenous people, and is aiming to immerse himself into the region. part of the way through he is offered a bargain price to travel to go Antarctica, and takes it. Travel all around the region meeting the people and seeing the scenery, and does get to meet the indigenous people, including a few who still speak the original languages.
There is a lot in the book about the history of the region, from the very earliest explorers who came across the abundance of life in the Southern oceans, and he writes of the pain and suffering that these explorers brought with them.
There were parts of this that I really enjoyed reading, about his traveling and his observations, for instance, but I felt the book did not have the same focus as Cloud Road. And that is a shame because Harrison is a writer of quality.
Harrison is travelling around the very southern extremes of the South America, in an area known as Patagonia. He is searching for the indigenous people, and is aiming to immerse himself into the region. part of the way through he is offered a bargain price to travel to go Antarctica, and takes it. Travel all around the region meeting the people and seeing the scenery, and does get to meet the indigenous people, including a few who still speak the original languages.
There is a lot in the book about the history of the region, from the very earliest explorers who came across the abundance of life in the Southern oceans, and he writes of the pain and suffering that these explorers brought with them.
There were parts of this that I really enjoyed reading, about his traveling and his observations, for instance, but I felt the book did not have the same focus as Cloud Road. And that is a shame because Harrison is a writer of quality.
halfmanhalfbook's review against another edition
3.0
I have read one of his other books, Cloud Road, which I thought was excellent. so was looking forward to this.
Harrison is travelling around the very southern extremes of the South America, in an area known as Patagonia. He is searching for the indigenous people, and is aiming to immerse himself into the region. part of the way through he is offered a bargain price to travel to go Antarctica, and takes it. Travel all around the region meeting the people and seeing the scenery, and does get to meet the indigenous people, including a few who still speak the original languages.
There is a lot in the book about the history of the region, from the very earliest explorers who came across the abundance of life in the Southern oceans, and he writes of the pain and suffering that these explorers brought with them.
There were parts of this that I really enjoyed reading, about his traveling and his observations, for instance, but I felt the book did not have the same focus as Cloud Road. And that is a shame because Harrison is a writer of quality.
Harrison is travelling around the very southern extremes of the South America, in an area known as Patagonia. He is searching for the indigenous people, and is aiming to immerse himself into the region. part of the way through he is offered a bargain price to travel to go Antarctica, and takes it. Travel all around the region meeting the people and seeing the scenery, and does get to meet the indigenous people, including a few who still speak the original languages.
There is a lot in the book about the history of the region, from the very earliest explorers who came across the abundance of life in the Southern oceans, and he writes of the pain and suffering that these explorers brought with them.
There were parts of this that I really enjoyed reading, about his traveling and his observations, for instance, but I felt the book did not have the same focus as Cloud Road. And that is a shame because Harrison is a writer of quality.
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