The Snakebite Survivors' Club: Travels Among Serpents
Autor Jeremy Sealen Limba Engleză Paperback – 14 oct 2001
An erudite but highly entertaining travel narrative, The Snakebite Survivors' Club taps into our general fear of snakes to tell a funny and somewhat gruesome account of the world of snakes and the people they repel, mesmerize, and sometimes kill.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780156013673
ISBN-10: 0156013673
Pagini: 352
Ilustrații: Four black-and-white maps
Dimensiuni: 135 x 203 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.46 kg
Ediția:First Edition
Editura: HarperCollins Publishers
Colecția Harper Paperbacks
Locul publicării:United States
ISBN-10: 0156013673
Pagini: 352
Ilustrații: Four black-and-white maps
Dimensiuni: 135 x 203 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.46 kg
Ediția:First Edition
Editura: HarperCollins Publishers
Colecția Harper Paperbacks
Locul publicării:United States
Recenzii
"Highly entertaining . . . An ingenious narrative, full of beautiful descriptions of the tragic and the hilarious . . . An intelligent and richly enjoyable work."-The Mail on Sunday
"Seal's descriptions of the creatures are elegant, exotic and sensual."-The Sunday Times (London)
"A highly charged mix of snake snippets, travel writing, tall tales, and entertaining anecdotes . . . A white-knuckled read."-The Daily Mail
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"Seal's descriptions of the creatures are elegant, exotic and sensual."-The Sunday Times (London)
"A highly charged mix of snake snippets, travel writing, tall tales, and entertaining anecdotes . . . A white-knuckled read."-The Daily Mail
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Notă biografică
Jeremy Seal has written for numerous English newspapers. His first book, A Fez of the Heart, was chosen as a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year and short-listed for the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award. His second book, The Snakebite Survivor's Club, was a New York Public Library Exceptional Book of the Year. He lives in Bath, England, with his wife and daughters.