Slow Boats to China
Title | Slow Boats to China PDF eBook |
Author | Gavin Young |
Publisher | |
Pages | 488 |
Release | 1983 |
Genre | Travelers |
ISBN | 9780140062397 |
It needed twenty-three vessels and seven months to transport Gavin Young by slow boat from Piraeus to Canton - seven months crowded with adventure, excitement and colour. His account of a fantasy come true memorably distils the people, places, smells, conversations, ships and history of the places he encountered in a quite exceptional book.
Slow Boat to China and Other Stories
Title | Slow Boat to China and Other Stories PDF eBook |
Author | Kim Chew Ng |
Publisher | Columbia University Press |
Pages | 301 |
Release | 2016-03-01 |
Genre | Literary Collections |
ISBN | 023154099X |
"Dream and Swine and Aurora," "Deep in the Rubber Forest," "Fish Bones," "Allah's Will," "Monkey Butts, Fire, and Dangerous Things"—Ng Kim Chew's stories are raw, rural, and rich with the traditions of his native Malaysia. They are also full of humor and spirit, demonstrating a deep appreciation for human ingenuity in the face of poverty, oppression, and exile. Ng creatively captures the riot of cultures that roughly coexist on the Malay Peninsula and its surrounding archipelago. Their interplay is heightened by the encroaching forces of globalization, which bring new opportunities for cultural experimentation, but also an added dimension of alienation. In prose that is intimate and atmospheric, these sensitively crafted, resonant stories depict the struggles of individuals torn between their ancestral and adoptive homes, communities pressured by violence, and minority Malaysian Chinese in dynamic tension with the Islamic Malay majority. Told through relatable characters, Ng's tales show why he has become a leading Malaysian writer of Chinese fiction, representing in mood, voice, and rhythm the dislocation of a people and a country in transition.
Slow Boats to China
Title | Slow Boats to China PDF eBook |
Author | Gavin Young |
Publisher | Faber & Faber |
Pages | 565 |
Release | 2016-02-04 |
Genre | Travel |
ISBN | 0571324460 |
Seven months and twenty-three agreeably ill-assorted vessels are what were required to transport Gavin Young, by slow boat, from Piraeus to Canton. His odyssey teemed with excitement, adventure and colour. Gavin Young's account memorably distils the people, places, smells, conversations, ships and history of the places he encountered in what is his most famous book. The sequel, Slow Boats Home, is also reissued in Faber Finds .
Slow Boats to China
Title | Slow Boats to China PDF eBook |
Author | Penguin Books, Limited |
Publisher | |
Pages | 512 |
Release | 2001-09-01 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780141007861 |
Slow Boat from China
Title | Slow Boat from China PDF eBook |
Author | Adrian Sparham |
Publisher | Sheridan House, Inc. |
Pages | 242 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 1574092170 |
Weaving history and contemporary issues with personal narratives, 'Slow Boat from China' is everything one could want out of a sailing narrative. It truthfully examines the joys and consequences of leaving behind a life of security and provides interesting details of landscapes, peoples and cultures of Southeast Asia, Northwest Africa and the Mediterranean.
On a Slow Boat China
Title | On a Slow Boat China PDF eBook |
Author | Frank Loesser |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 1948 |
Genre | Popular music |
ISBN |
Slow Boats Home
Title | Slow Boats Home PDF eBook |
Author | Gavin Young |
Publisher | Faber & Faber |
Pages | 506 |
Release | 2015-07-23 |
Genre | Travel |
ISBN | 0571310184 |
In this, the sequel to Slow Boats to China (also reissued in Faber Finds), Gavin Young tells, with equal panache, of his return voyage from the China Seas to England, via the South Seas, Cape Horn and West Africa. 'I am decidedly envious of Gavin Young and his Slow Boats Home, successor to his highly entertaining Slow Boats to China . . . a fascinating, memorable book.' Eric Newby, Guardian 'Like Slow Boats to China this is likely to become a classic of travel.' Francis King, Spectator