Beryl Markham

Broschiertes Buch

West with the Night

Beschreibung

ERNEST HEMINGWAY wrote to a friend: 'She can write rings around all of us ... I wish you would get it and read it because it is really a bloody wonderful book' introduction by MARTHA GELLHORN

Autor

Beryl Markham (1902-1986) was born in England, but grew up in East Africa. She apprenticed as a trainer and breeder of racehorses and in the 1930s became an African bush pilot. In 1936, she became the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic from east to west. She is now primarily remembered as the author of her memoir, West with the Night.

Produktdetails

• Virago Modern Classics
• Verlag: Little, Brown Book Group / Virago
• Reissue
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. September 1984
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 201mm x 128mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 260g
• ISBN-13: 9780860685418
• ISBN-10: 0860685411
• Artikelnr.: 21704189

Rezensionen

A beautiful and evocative story that deserves to be ranked alongside Karen Blixen's Out of Africa Time Out