Lena Lencek

Sail Away Lena Lencek

Brief Description: Something happens when men and women put a plank between themselves and the water and set out on a voyage, whether for a day or a lifetime. Now Sail Away brings together the very finest writing about travel on water by a stellar crew of writers. Among those to be included are Joseph Conrad, Jacques Cousteau, Roald Dahl, Lawrence Durrell, F. Scott Fitzgerald, E. M. Forster, Ernest Hemingway, Thor Heyerdahl, Jonathan Raban, Paul Theroux, Mark Twain, Jules Verne, David Foster Wallace, and Evelyn Waugh. Packaged as the perfect companion to Beach, with atmospheric photos by Beach photographer Mittie Hellmich, Sail Away will be an important addition to the tradition of best-selling books about ships and the sea. Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-328). Publisher Marketing: Collects twenty-one short stories and narratives about traveling on the sea, from sailing to surfing, including pieces by Jules Verne, Thor Heyerdahl, Virginia Woolf, and Inoue Yasushi. Review Citations:

Library Journal 08/01/2001 pg. 108 (EAN 9781569245842, Paperback)

Booklist 08/01/2001 pg. 2091 (EAN 9781569245842, Paperback)

Publishers Weekly 08/06/2001 (EAN 9781569245842, Paperback)

Library Journal 08/03/2001 (EAN 9781569245842, Paperback)

Contributor Bio:  Lencek, Lena Lencek is a professor of Russian and the humanities at Reed College. Contributor Bio:  Bosker, Gideon Karen Brooks is the author of several books and is the restaurant critic for the Portland Monthly. She lives in Portland, Oregon.