The Last American Man
National Book Award Finalist and New York Times Notable Book of the Year
(Sprache: Englisch)
Published in the UK for the first time, The Last American Man is by the author of huge international bestseller Eat, Pray, Love
Published in the UK for the first time, The Last American Man is by the author of huge international bestseller Eat, Pray, Love
Published in the UK for the first time, The Last American Man is by the author of huge international bestseller Eat, Pray, Love
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Published in the UK for the first time, The Last American Man is by the author of huge international bestseller Eat, Pray, Love
Published in the UK for the first time, The Last American Man is by the author of huge international bestseller Eat, Pray, Love
Published in the UK for the first time, The Last American Man is by the author of huge international bestseller Eat, Pray, Love
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_____________'It is almost impossible not to fall under the spell of Eustace Conway ... his accomplishments, his joy and vigor, seem almost miraculous' - New York Times Review of Books'Gilbert takes a bright-eyed bead on Eustace, hitting him square with a witty modernist appraisal of folkloric American masculinity' - The Times'Conversational, enthusiastic, funny and sharp, the energy of The Last American Man never ebbs' - New Statesman_____________A fascinating, intimate portrait of an endlessly complicated man: a visionary, a narcissist, a brilliant but flawed modern heroAt the age of seventeen, Eustace Conway ditched the comforts of his suburban existence to escape to the wild. Away from the crushing disapproval of his father, he lived alone in a teepee in the mountains. Everything he needed he built, grew or killed. He made his clothes from deer he killed and skinned before using their sinew as sewing thread.But he didn't stop there. In the years that followed, he stopped at nothing in pursuit of bigger, bolder challenges. He travelled the Mississippi in a handmade wooden canoe; he walked the two-thousand-mile Appalachian Trail; he hiked across the German Alps in trainers; he scaled cliffs in New Zealand. One Christmas, he finished dinner with his family and promptly upped and left - to ride his horse across America. From South Carolina to the Pacific, with his little brother in tow, they dodged cars on the highways, ate road kill and slept on the hard ground. Now, more than twenty years on, Eustace is still in the mountains, residing in a thousand-acre forest where he teaches survival skills and attempts to instil in people a deeper appreciation of nature. But over time he has had to reconcile his ambitious dreams with the sobering realities of modernity.Told with Elizabeth Gilbert's trademark wit and spirit, The Last American Man is an unforgettable adventure story of an irrepressible life lived to the extreme. The Last American Man is a New York Times Notable
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Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Elizabeth Gilbert
- 2009, 288 Seiten, Maße: 12,8 x 19,8 cm, Taschenbuch, Englisch
- Verlag: Bloomsbury Trade
- ISBN-10: 1408801167
- ISBN-13: 9781408801161
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Englisch
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'It is almost impossible not to fall under the spell of Eustace Conway his accomplishments, his joy and vigor, seem almost miraculous' New York Times Review of Books 'A vigorous, engaging book Elizabeth Gilbert presents a warts-and-all portrait of Mr. Conway and a sophisticated understanding of why those warts are only natural' The New York Times 'A vivid, nuanced portrait of an endlessly complicated man' San Francisco Chronicle 'Gilbert artfully taps into this unique life to create a fascinating, deeply-thought-out and enthralling narrative' Los Angeles Times
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