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Dispatches from Pluto

Dispatches from Pluto

200 kr

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Produktbeskrivelse

Adventure writer Richard Grant takes on “the most American place on Earth” the enigmatic, beautiful, often derided Mississippi Delta.
    Richard Grant and his girlfriend were living in a shoebox apartment in New York City when they decided on a whim to buy an old plantation house in the Mississippi Delta. This is their journey of discovery into this strange and wonderful American place. Imagine A Year In Provence with alligators and assassins, or Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil with hunting scenes and swamp-to-table dining.
    On a remote, isolated strip of land, three miles beyond the tiny community of Pluto, Richard and his girlfriend, Mariah, embark on a new life. They learn to hunt, grow their own food, and fend off alligators, snakes, and varmints galore. They befriend an array of unforgettable local characters, blues legend T-Model Ford, cookbook maven Martha Foose, catfish farmers, eccentric millionaires, and the actor Morgan Freeman. Grant brings an adept, empathetic eye to the fascinating people he meets, capturing the rich, extraordinary culture of the Delta, while tracking its utterly bizarre and criminal extremes. Reporting from all angles as only an outsider can, Grant also delves deeply into the Delta’s lingering racial tensions. He finds that de facto segregation continues. Yet even as he observes major structural problems, he encounters many close, loving, and interdependent relationships between black and white families and good reasons for hope.
    Dispatches from Pluto is a book as unique as the Delta itself. It’s lively, entertaining, and funny, containing a travel writer’s flair for in-depth reporting alongside insightful reflections on poverty, community, and race. It’s also a love story, as the nomadic Grant learns to settle down. He falls not just for his girlfriend but for the beguiling place they now call home. Mississippi, Grant concludes, is the best-kept secret in America.

Artikkel nr.

e05381d6-15ea-4a67-bf19-931a00381c53

Egenskaper

Modell/Type

Papirbok

Språkversjon

Engelsk

Bokomslagstype

Større heftet bok

Antall sider

320 sider

Foreslått kjønn

Alle kjønn

Skrevet av

Richard Grant

Utgiver

Simon & Schuster

Utgivelsesdato (DD/MM/ÅÅÅÅ)

10/2015

Bokformat

Handelsformat

International Standard Book Number (ISBN)

9781476709642

Minimum ordreantall

1 stykker

Dispatches from Pluto

200 kr

200 kr

På lager

On., 19 mars - fr., 21 mars


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14 dagers åpent kjøp


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Adlibris