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Remote People - Evelyn Waugh

Remote People - Evelyn Waugh

Brand: Penguin Classics   |   Status: Còn hàng
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"...On the whole the book is serious and informative. Waugh is always focused on the disparity between human ideals and human reality and especially so at this time when he had just converted to Catholicism. He writes as follows: It is very surprising to discover the importance which politics assume the moment one begins to travel . . . Outside Europe one cannot help being a politician if one is at all interested in what one sees; political issues are implicit in everything..." - Amazon Customer Reviews

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Perhaps the funniest travel book ever written, Remote People begins with a vivid account of the coronation of Emperor Ras Tafari - Haile Selassie I, King of Kings - an event covered by Evelyn Waugh in 1930 as special correspondent for The Times. It continues with subsequent travels throughout Africa, where natives rub shoulders with eccentric expatriates, settlers with Arab traders and dignitaries with monks. Interspersed with these colourful tales are three 'nightmares' which describe the vexations of travel, including returning home.