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Francis Gavin
Island Dreams Mapping An Obsession
Island Dreams Mapping An Obsession
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Binding: Hardcover
Description: Shortlisted FOR Waterstones BOOK OF THE YEAR In Island Dreams Gavin Francis examines our collective fascination with islands. He blends stories of his own travels with psychology philosophy and great voyages from literature shedding new light on the importance of islands and isolation in our collective consciousness. Comparing the life of freedom of thirty years of extraordinary travel from the Faroe Islands to the Aegean from the Galapagos to the Andaman Islands with a life of responsibility as a doctor community member and parent approaching middle age Island Dreams riffs on the twinned poles of rest and motion independence and attachment never more relevant than in today's perennially connected world. Illustrated with maps throughout this is a celebration of human adventures in the world and within our minds.
Title: Island Dreams Mapping An Obsession
Author(s): Francis Gavin
Publisher: Canongate Books
Barcode: 9781786898180
Pages: 256 Pages, Colour Illustrations And Maps
Publication Date: 2/23/2021
Category: Travel Writing
Description: Shortlisted FOR Waterstones BOOK OF THE YEAR In Island Dreams Gavin Francis examines our collective fascination with islands. He blends stories of his own travels with psychology philosophy and great voyages from literature shedding new light on the importance of islands and isolation in our collective consciousness. Comparing the life of freedom of thirty years of extraordinary travel from the Faroe Islands to the Aegean from the Galapagos to the Andaman Islands with a life of responsibility as a doctor community member and parent approaching middle age Island Dreams riffs on the twinned poles of rest and motion independence and attachment never more relevant than in today's perennially connected world. Illustrated with maps throughout this is a celebration of human adventures in the world and within our minds.
Title: Island Dreams Mapping An Obsession
Author(s): Francis Gavin
Publisher: Canongate Books
Barcode: 9781786898180
Pages: 256 Pages, Colour Illustrations And Maps
Publication Date: 2/23/2021
Category: Travel Writing