Kevin Barron

Not there yet: Wandering home with an amateur vagabond

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Produktbeschreibung

When you leave, at what point do you start going home? And when you leave and don't come back, where is home?Moving to another country for a while provides an excellent opportunity to travel on the way. Having threatened The Big Trip for years, Kevin finally takes the plunge and, as a result, finds that the idea of home is not as clear as it used to be.Kayak in the rain, meet an Aboriginal elder, make conversation with a grumpy barber, kill sheep, crash a car, eat entrails, be in the Middle East on 9/11, ride legendary highways, find yourself face to face with an elk, get lost in the African night, have the best view at Shangri-La, fight a fire, be ill on an overnight bus, search for intruders, flirt, haggle, dance, joke, eat, hike, misunderstand, leave home and return.This collection of stories follows those of Into the blue, so throw your backpack over your shoulder again and set off on the never ending journey home.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rebekah Isert
• Seitenzahl: 278
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Februar 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 376g
• ISBN-13: 9780473379810
• ISBN-10: 0473379813
• Artikelnr.: 58069268

Autorenporträt

KA Barron, or Kevin, as he is known outside of book covers, was born in England. Descended from restless ancestors on both sides of his family, he has lived and travelled in a number of countries. Currently he lives in Auckland, New Zealand with his wife and young sons. He likes to believe he's still travelling because there are palm trees on his street and a volcano in the harbour, neither of which are normal where he comes from. Kevin writes fantasy fiction which involves alternate worlds and universes and contains elements that could be considered flintlock or gunpowder fantasy. Ultimately, he enjoys a good yarn and fantasy gives him the freedom to make up his own rules at the same time. Unable to keep to one genre, he has also published travel books and even some nonsense verse. There's much more in the pipeline, including various forms of romantic comedy and some business books. There really aren't enough hours in the day. He enjoys themes of drama, transformation and redemption. He'd rather feel uplifted by his reading, so generally writes with that aim himself. That doesn't mean that the road to redemption is an easy one, or that everyone gets redeemed.