What does it mean to leave your country? Is it possible, by travelling to a New World, to become a new person? A year ago, Jonathan Raban crossed the Atlantic by ship and, like the immigrants before him, made for America. The first of four installments, 'New World' is the story of his journey, a journey in search of a new language, a new name, a new identity. A life.
ISBN: | 9780140128628 |
Publication date: | 7th January 2008 |
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Publisher: | Granta Books |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 252 pages |
Series: | Granta: The Magazine of New Writing |
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Literary essays |