Getting About Travel Writings of William F. Buckley Jr.
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Produktdetails
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Altersempfehlung
ab 18 Jahr(e)
Erscheinungsdatum
01.06.2023
Herausgeber
Bill MeehanVerlag
Ingram Publishers ServicesSeitenzahl
680
Maße (L/B/H)
16,4/23,7/4 cm
Gewicht
778 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-1-64177-317-1
An elegant jet-setter with a flair for literary journalism, Buckley had few rivals in the art of travel writing. He took first place in the Magazine Article on Foreign Travel category in the Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Competition for eight pieces written while ?Concording around the world? in 1989. A master storyteller, he adeptly wove devices of fiction together with reportage to craft entertaining pieces full of exuberance and authority. Being a Bach afficionado, he composed his sentences for a well-tuned ear.
Buckley's talent for arranging a mise-en-scène stands out in accounts of riding the Orient Express, skiing at Alta, or vacationing at Barbuda. Though himself a central character in the story, he never dominates it. He wrote candidly about travel misadventures, as when his sixty-foot schooner broke down in the Bahamas and was towed to Miami by a Coast Guard cutter, or when a malfunctioning compass landed his boat on a rocky shoal off Rhode Island and the Coast Guard said, ?Sorry, we can't help you.? He also took a gimlet eye to the travel industry and a discriminating palate to airline food, suggesting that airports sell ?a really good box lunch? with celery rémoulade, fresh figs, and a nice Bordeaux.
Getting About is pure enjoyment, but it also broadens the significance of Buckley's ?uvre. Along with Bill Meehan's illuminating introduction, this delightful collection helps preserve Buckley's legacy as his centenary, in 2025, approaches.
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