Passage to Juneau - (Vintage Departures) by Jonathan Raban (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>With the same rigorous observation (natural and social). invigorating stylishness, and encyclopedic learning that he brought to his National Book Critic's Circle Award-winning "Bad Land", Raban takes readers along the Inside Passage from Seattle to Juneau. Along the way, Raban offers captivating discourses on art, philosophy, and navigation and an unsparing narrative on personal loss.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>With the same rigorous observation (natural and social), invigorating stylishness, and encyclopedic learning that he brought to his National Book Award-winning <b>Bad Land</b>, Jonathan Raban conducts readers along the Inside Passage from Seattle to Juneau. The physical distance is 1,000 miles of difficult-and often treacherous-water, which Raban navigates solo in a 35-foot sailboat. <p/>But <b>Passage to Juneau</b> also traverses a gulf of centuries and cultures: the immeasurable divide between the Northwest's Indians and its first European explorers-- between its embattled fishermen and loggers and its pampered new class. Along the way, Raban offers captivating discourses on art, philosophy, and navigation and an unsparing narrative of personal loss.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>A work of great beauty and inexhaustible fervor. --<i>The Washington Post Book World</i> <p/>Endlessly suggestive. . . . Nobody now writing keeps a more provocative house than Jonathan Raban. --<i>The New York Times Book Review</i> <p/>A great book by the very best contempoary writer afloat. --<i>The Oregonian</i> <p/>Raban is a super-sensitive, all-seeing eye. He spots things we might otherwise miss; he calls up the apt metaphors that transform things into phenomena--. One of our most gifted observers.--<i>Newsday</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Jonathan Raban lives in Seattle, Washington.
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