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John Hopkins (11) (1938–2021)

Autor de The Tangier Diaries 1962-1979

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9 Obras 108 Miembros 5 Reseñas

Obras de John Hopkins

Find Your Way Home (1971) 28 copias
The White Nile Diaries (2012) 11 copias
The Flight of the Pelican (1984) 10 copias
Tangier Buzzless Flies (1972) 8 copias
The Attempt (1967) 4 copias
All I Wanted Was Company (1999) 4 copias

Etiquetado

Conocimiento común

Fecha de nacimiento
1938-08-05
Fecha de fallecimiento
2021-04-25
Género
male
Nacionalidad
USA
Lugares de residencia
Tangiers, Morocco
England, UK
Educación
Princeton University
Biografía breve
John Hopkins was a writer who, after graduating from Princeton, lived for many years in Tangier and was a central figure in the bohemian literary crowd of the '60s and '70s, becoming friends with William Burroughs, Paul Bowles and Jane Bowles. He wrote several novels, among them Tangier Buzzless Flies and The Flight of the Pelican, and travel memoirs including The Tangier Diaries, The South American Diaries and The White Nile Diaries. (From Bloomsbury)

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Récit de voyage hanté par l’angoisse : de l’amour, de la solitude, de la maladie. Trait commun à d’autres écrivains voyageurs : à force de bouger, ils semblent perdent le sens de ce pour quoi ils le font. Une vie de voyage après tout n’est pas si différente en cela d’une vie sédentaire.
Quelle différence par rapport à la légèreté des débuts de Hopkins dans les carnets du Nil blanc ! L’ombre de Malcolm Lowry pèse sur ces pages. L’alcool comme une crainte et comme un viatique en même temps.… (más)
 
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sinaloa237 | Dec 24, 2023 |
Joli journal de bord, sans grande profondeur mais qui réussit l’essentiel des livres de voyage : donner envie de voyager.
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sinaloa237 | 3 reseñas más. | Nov 4, 2023 |
 
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mongoosenamedt | 3 reseñas más. | Oct 8, 2015 |
A compelling read - the adventurous journey of two young men, John and Joe, Princeton graduates, not yet ready to settle down to the responsibilities of adult life. They have already travelled around Peru, but decided not to follow their earlier dream of settling in Peru to grow coffee.

They decide to discover Africa, helped by a generous offer of hospitality from a fellow Princeton graduate, owner of a 46,000 acre cattle ranch within sight of Mount Kenya. They buy a white BMW motorbike and have The White Nile painted on its sides. On their travels the motorbike itself 'draws a crowd, like we arrived by spaceship'. They themselves enjoy the warmth of the local people towards Americans.

Wonderfully descriptive passages of the places they pass through, the unlimited fresh fish when on the coast, the unrelenting heat inland, and the people they meet, brings it alive for the reader. John's account of lamb kebabs in Egypt has me salivating, and as he says 'when you like their food, they like you'.

The inevitable bureaucratic hiccups, with severe consequences when they attempt to break the rules, add to the suspense. Will they ever make it to the promised cattle ranch?
… (más)
 
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SusieH5 | 3 reseñas más. | Oct 21, 2014 |

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Obras
9
Miembros
108
Popularidad
#179,297
Valoración
½ 3.7
Reseñas
5
ISBNs
104
Idiomas
5

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