THE END OF THE WORLD
OR THE BEGINNING...
On to the shores of Texas a raging sea coughs up two castaways: Jim and Natty, shipwrecked on their way home from Treasure Island.
The Nightingale sunk, their silver gone, captured, weak and afraid, the pair steal a treasure they should have left well alone.
The adventure of the New World lies in wait...
Vorwort
Andrew Motion picks up where R. L. Stevenson left off, taking us on a fantastic adventure from the shores of Treasure Island to the mysterious New World...
Autorentext
Andrew Motion is the former Poet Laureate, co-founded the Poetry Archive and was knighted for his services to literature in 2009. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and lives in London.
Klappentext
THE END OF THE WORLD
OR THE BEGINNING
On to the shores of Texas a raging sea coughs up two castaways: Jim and Natty, shipwrecked on their way home from Treasure Island.
The Nightingale sunk, their silver gone, captured, weak and afraid, the pair steal a treasure they should have left well alone.
The adventure of the New World lies in wait
'I love The New World' John Sutherland, The Times
'An alluring portrait of a land that is in turns bountiful and beautiful, barren and savage' Independent
'Lyrical and gruesome' Mail on Sunday
Zusammenfassung
THE END OF THE WORLDOR THE BEGINNING On to the shores of Texas a raging sea coughs up two castaways: Jim and Natty, shipwrecked on their way home from Treasure Island.The Nightingale sunk, their silver gone, captured, weak and afraid, the pair steal a treasure they should have left well alone.The adventure of the New World lies in wait