Voyage To Desolation Land by Jean-Paul Kauffmann

Voyage To Desolation Land by Jean-Paul Kauffmann

Kauffmann follows in the footsteps of the 18th century sailor Yves-Joseph Kerguelen, who gave his name to the archipelago he discovered in the Indian Ocean. When he made his discovery, Kerguelen was convinced he had found Hell. He did not go ashore and it was left to Captain Cook two years later to name its grey beach and to describe the towering black arch that astounded sailors for hundreds of years. While he was working in the Lebabnon as a journalist in 1985, Jean-Paul Kauffmann was kidnapped and not released until 1988. Although the subject is never mentioned, it lies just beneath the surface of his writing.

Written between every line are the sufferings of his own captivity; his own struggle to come to terms with the loss of freedom, hope and time Andrea Stuart, The Independent of The Dark Room at Longwood; The story of Napoleon's last years is beautifully interwoven with Kauffmann's attempt to understand how Napoleon felt in captivity.. On these pages the very ghost of loneliness walks, vaporous, interminable Susan Salter-Reynolds, Los Angeles Times

Jean-Paul Kauffmann was born in 1944. A journalist, he was kidnapped in Beirut in May 1985 and was not released until May 1988. He is currently the editor of L'Amateur de Cigare. His The Dark Room at Longwood, in Patricia Clancy's translation, won the Scott Moncrieff Prize for 2000.

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ISBN 10	1860469264
Title	Voyage To Desolation Land
Author	Jean-Paul Kauffmann
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Vintage Publishing
Year published	2001-10-18
Number of pages	1
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