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The Ice Museum
Joanna Kavenna
其他書名
In Search of the Lost Land of Thule
出版Penguin, 2007-01-30
主題Travel / Essays & TraveloguesHistory / Polar RegionsBiography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs
ISBN14406231639781440623165
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=SyjRkEBuYNwC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋A legend, a land once seen and then lost forever, Thule was a place beyond the edge of the maps, a mystery for thousands of years. And to the Nazis, Thule was an icy Eden, birthplace of Nordic “purity.” In this exquisitely written narrative, Joanna Kavenna wanders in search of Thule, to Shetland, Iceland, Norway, Estonia, Greenland, and Svalbard, unearthing the philosophers, poets, and explorers who claimed Thule for themselves, from Richard Francis Burton to Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen. Marked by breathtaking snowscapes, haunting literature, and the cold specter of past tragedies, this is a wondrous blend of travel writing and detective work that is impossible to set down. RVIEW: Thule, real or not, is ripe and beguiling material for a literary and geographic adventurer, and Kavenna is formidable on both fronts. . . . Highly cerebral, erudite, refreshing. (The New York Times Book Review)