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The Robber of Memories: A River Journey Through Colombia by Jacobs, Michael
by Jacobs, Michael | HC | Good
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- Binding
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- Weight
- 1 lbs
- Product Group
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- ISBN
- 9781619021969
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Counterpoint Press
ISBN-10
161902196X
ISBN-13
9781619021969
eBay Product ID (ePID)
18038523435
Product Key Features
Book Title
Robber of Memories : a River Journey Through Colombia
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Special Interest / Literary, Neurology, South America / General, Essays & Travelogues
Publication Year
2013
Genre
Travel, Medical
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
19 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2013-018054
Reviews
An acclaimed travel writer's eerily hypnotic journey deep into the heart of Colombia's most mysterious river… A well-rendered travelogue and a profound excursion into what it means to remember and forget." — Kirkus, An acclaimed travel writer's eerily hypnotic journey deep into the heart of Colombia's most mysterious river… A well-rendered travelogue and a profound excursion into what it means to remember and forget." — Kirkus "The erudite and graceful travel writer Jacobs takes us down Colombia's longest river, the Magdalena, and it is a thrilling and fearsome ride…Jacobs delivers not only an adventure story and a travel narrative, but also an excursion into memory itself…a text that stands with Paul Theroux, Bruce Chatwin, and, even, in some ways, Mark Twain's Life on the Mississippi."—Mark Levine Booklist, "An acclaimed travel writer's eerily hypnotic journey deep into the heart of Colombia's most mysterious river... A well-rendered travelogue and a profound excursion into what it means to remember and forget." -- Kirkus "The erudite and graceful travel writer Jacobs takes us down Colombia's longest river, the Magdalena, and it is a thrilling and fearsome ride...Jacobs delivers not only an adventure story and a travel narrative, but also an excursion into memory itself...a text that stands with Paul Theroux, Bruce Chatwin, and, even, in some ways, Mark Twain's Life on the Mississippi."--Mark Levine Booklist, "An acclaimed travel writer's eerily hypnotic journey deep into the heart of Colombia's most mysterious river. . . A well-rendered travelogue and a profound excursion into what it means to remember and forget." -- Kirkus "The erudite and graceful travel writer Jacobs takes us down Colombia's longest river, the Magdalena, and it is a thrilling and fearsome ride. . .Jacobs delivers not only an adventure story and a travel narrative, but also an excursion into memory itself. . .a text that stands with Paul Theroux, Bruce Chatwin, and, even, in some ways, Mark Twain's Life on the Mississippi."--Mark Levine Booklist
Dewey Edition
23
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Decimal
918.61
Synopsis
Magdalena, a river that courses through the heart of Columbia, connects a violent past with the country's uncertain present. British writer Michael Jacobs struggles to reconcile his love for the land and its people with the dangers that both still present. Determined to eliminate modern conveniences from his journey, he begins traversing the river by tugboat. He makes an exception for a cell phone that maintains a sporadic signal at best, in efforts to keep in touch with his mother, whose health is deteriorating. Jacobs cannot help but notice parallels between his mother's dementia and his travels through Colombian township--home to the world's highest incidences of early-onset Alzheimer's. While navigating the mysterious river and unfamiliar territory--both emotional and geographical--Jacobs comes across Gabriel Garcia Márquez, whose own faltering memory shows a growing obsession with the Magdalena River of his youth. When Jacobs and his companions are apprehended by FARC guerillas who turn out to be as quirky and affable as they are intimidating, life begins to imitate the magical realism of Márquez's signature works. Shortly after being released from captivity, the FARC camp is bombed by the Colombian air force, leaving no likely survivors among his oddly likeable captors. Exploring themes of adventure, endings, and "the utter pointlessness of it all," Jacobs can only forge onward in his reflection of the mystical river., Magdalena, a river that courses through the heart of Columbia, connects a violent past with the country's uncertain present. British writer Michael Jacobs struggles to reconcile his love for the land and its people with the dangers that both still present. Determined to eliminate modern conveniences from his journey, he begins traversing the river by tugboat. He makes an exception for a cell phone that maintains a sporadic signal at best, in efforts to keep in touch with his mother suffering from deteriorating health. Jacobs cannot help but notice the irony of his mother's dementia and his travels through Colombian townships with the world's highest incidence of early-onset Alzheimer's. While navigating the mysterious river and unfamiliar territory--both emotionally and geographically--Jacobs comes across Gabriel Garcia M rquez, whose own faltering memory shows a growing obsession with the Magdalena River of his youth. When Jacobs and his companions are apprehended by FARC guerillas who turn out to be as quirky and affable as they are intimidating, life begins to imitate the magical realism of M rquez's signature works. Shortly after being released from captivity, the FARC camp is bombed by the Colombian air force, leaving no likely survivors among his oddly likeable captors. Exploring themes of adventure, endings, and "the utter pointlessness of it all," Jacobs can only forge onward in his reflection of the mystical river., Magdalena, a river that courses through the heart of Columbia, connects a violent past with the country's uncertain present. British writer Michael Jacobs struggles to reconcile his love for the land and its people with the dangers that both still present. Determined to eliminate modern conveniences from his journey, he begins traversing the river by tugboat. He makes an exception for a cell phone that maintains a sporadic signal at best, in efforts to keep in touch with his mother suffering from deteriorating health. Jacobs cannot help but notice the irony of his mother's dementia and his travels through Colombian townships with the world's highest incidence of early-onset Alzheimer's. While navigating the mysterious river and unfamiliar territory--both emotionally and geographically--Jacobs comes across Gabriel Garcia Márquez, whose own faltering memory shows a growing obsession with the Magdalena River of his youth. When Jacobs and his companions are apprehended by FARC guerillas who turn out to be as quirky and affable as they are intimidating, life begins to imitate the magical realism of Márquez's signature works. Shortly after being released from captivity, the FARC camp is bombed by the Colombian air force, leaving no likely survivors among his oddly likeable captors. Exploring themes of adventure, endings, and "the utter pointlessness of it all," Jacobs can only forge onward in his reflection of the mystical river.
LC Classification Number
F2281.M23J34 2013
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