Fishing In Utopia
Sweden And The Future That Disappeared
Seiten
2009
Granta Books (Verlag)
978-1-84708-081-3 (ISBN)
Granta Books (Verlag)
978-1-84708-081-3 (ISBN)
'Fishing in Utopia [winner of the 2009 Orwell Prize] is a lament for a lost Eden. But it is more than that. Essentially it is a story of modern rootlessness and the search for something to believe in' Sunday Times
From the 1960s to the 1980s, Sweden was an affluent, egalitarian country envied around the world. Refugees were welcomed, even misfit young Englishmen could find a place there. Andrew Brown spent part of his childhood in Sweden during the 1960s. In the 1970s he married a Swedish woman and worked in a timber mill while helping to raise their small son. Fishing became his passion and his escape. In the mid-1980s his marriage and the country fell apart. The Prime Minister was assassinated. The welfare system crumbled along with the industries that had supported it. Twenty years later, Andrew Brown travelled the length of Sweden in search of the country he had loved, and then hated, and now found he loved again.
From the 1960s to the 1980s, Sweden was an affluent, egalitarian country envied around the world. Refugees were welcomed, even misfit young Englishmen could find a place there. Andrew Brown spent part of his childhood in Sweden during the 1960s. In the 1970s he married a Swedish woman and worked in a timber mill while helping to raise their small son. Fishing became his passion and his escape. In the mid-1980s his marriage and the country fell apart. The Prime Minister was assassinated. The welfare system crumbled along with the industries that had supported it. Twenty years later, Andrew Brown travelled the length of Sweden in search of the country he had loved, and then hated, and now found he loved again.
Andrew Brown writes for the Guardian and is the editor of their website on religious affairs. He also contributes to Prospect and the New Statesman and writes and presents Analysis programmes for BBC Radio 4. His other books include The Darwin Wars and In the Beginning Was the Worm.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 4.5.2009 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 129 x 198 mm |
| Gewicht | 205 g |
| Themenwelt | Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Europa |
| ISBN-10 | 1-84708-081-2 / 1847080812 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-84708-081-3 / 9781847080813 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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