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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. I first personally ‘discovered’ this author in his book Slow Boats to China and thirstily read it, ordered the sequel Slow Boats Home and devoured it in days. Why, I wondered, is an author as gifted, talented, readable and resourceful as this not more famous? I had not realized that he actually was ! Now, on my fourth or fifth Gavin Young book I discover how he became so resourceful and able to craft his works so tightly readable. Worlds starts by mentioning his early efforts to remain in the Middle East, where he was living with the Marsh Arabs – the subject of his first book – and he describes his early mentorship by Wilfred Thesiger, an English Arabist as famous as Philby or Gertrude Bell, advising him on his studies of the Arabs. Then, struggling to avoid returning to England to be trapped into the banking realms of his family he casually encounters Ian Fleming, of British Espionage and the James Bond series, who, working for the Times of London encourages the aspiring author to consider journalism. Gavin Young then proposes himself as an arabist- journalist to David Astor of the prestigious and influential weekly newspaper The Observer. He is accepted as – initially – the Tunisian ‘stringer’ goes on to become an award winning regular and senior reporter and has an amazing career as a journalist. That is why the author is such a talented writer, able to engage a reader from even just an opening line of an introduction - and able to craft such a fascinating, and thrilling book as this. "With me', Young explains,'travel was never a matter of chance - I ran away to it deliberately as boys once ran way to sea." sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
This volume collects the best of Gavin Young's journalism. These pieces, by turn elegant, vivid and compassionate, display his acute understanding of the varied worlds in which we live. 'Young is a born raconteur. His writing is full of visual impressions and touches of sensibility. He is driven more by people than by seats of power. But it is difficult to be a compassionate journalist without appearing soppy or sentimental. Young often achieves it. One finishes Worlds Apart exhilarated, moved, angered and enthralled: a tribute to its quality.' Jon Swain, Sunday Times No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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He was an adventurer for a lifetime and sought out the places where civil government and politics was disintegrating. He includes a piece about my own country (New Zealand) and the detrimental impact it has had on many of the Samoan population that emigrate there to provide for their families.
The section that covers the Vietnam War is a highlight of Young's collection. He was present at Hue before, during and after the Battle of Hue in March 1968. The horrible experiences that permanently wrecked the lives of the inhabitants at the hands of the communists is told with sober elegance.
All Gavin Young's books cannot be put down, I have found. This collection from a life fully lived, is another one