First novels—as in, the first manuscript a writer actually completes, not necessarily their first published work—are always fascinating. Often they are… how to put this? Simply quite terrible; there’s a reason most published authors have a “trunk novel” or two gathering dust somewhere. But some first novels are different: some first novels are perfectly good books […]
Islandia occupies the southern portion of the Karain Continent, which lies in the Southern Hemisphere. Its civilization is an ancient one, protected from outside intervention by a natural fortress of towering mountains. To this isolated country - this alien, compelling and totally fascinating world - comes John Lang, the American consul. As the reader lives with Lang in Islandia, as he comes to know this magnetic land, its unique people, its strange customs, he may find himself experiencing a feeling of envy, a wish that he, like Lang, be permitted, at the book's end, to return once more and spend the rest of his days in Islandia.
Author Biography: Austin Tappan Wright, a Harvard-educated lawyer, was born to a distinguished family. After serving in the Boston law firm of Louis Brandeis, Wright taught at the University of California Law School (Berkeley) and the University of Pennsylvania. He died at the age of 48 in an automobile accident.
Islandia occupies the southern portion of the Karain Continent, which lies in the Southern Hemisphere. Its civilization is an ancient one, protected from outside intervention by a natural fortress of towering mountains. To this isolated country - this alien, compelling and totally fascinating world - comes John Lang, the American consul. As the reader lives with Lang in Islandia, as he comes to know this magnetic land, its unique people, its strange customs, he may find himself experiencing a feeling of envy, a wish that he, like Lang, be permitted, at the book's end, to return once more and spend the rest of his days in Islandia.
Author Biography: Austin Tappan Wright, a Harvard-educated lawyer, was born to a distinguished family. After serving in the Boston law firm of Louis Brandeis, Wright taught at the University of California Law School (Berkeley) and the University of Pennsylvania. He died at the age of 48 in an automobile accident.
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ISBN-13: | 9781585678259 |
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Publisher: | The Overlook Press |
Publication date: | 07/25/2006 |
Pages: | 1024 |
Sales rank: | 183,462 |
Product dimensions: | 5.40(w) x 8.00(h) x 1.90(d) |
Age Range: | 18 Years |
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