A Mile Down

The True Story of a Disastrous Career at Sea

David Vann (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

256 Seiten

2016
Windmill Books (Verlag)
978-0-09-955873-6 (ISBN)

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David Vann has loved boats all his life. So when his academic career seems to be stuck in the doldrums, he leaps at the opportunity to start an educational charter business, teaching creative writing workshops aboard a sailboat. But a trip to Turkey seems him dreaming bigger - and before he knows it, he is at the helm of his own ninety-foot boat, running charters along the Turkish coast.

And here his troubles begin. Sinking deep into debt, and encountering everything from a lost rudder to freak storms, Vann is on the verge of losing everything - including his life.

Part high-seas adventure, part journey of self-discovery, A Mile Down is a gripping and unforgettable story of struggle and redemption, by a writer at the top of his game.

David Vann was born in the Aleutian Islands and spent his childhood in Ketchikan, Alaska. He is the author of the international bestseller Legend of a Suicide – which has been translated into eighteen languages and won several prizes including the Prix Medicis Etranger – Caribou Island, Dirt, Goat Mountain and Aquarium. He is also the author of two bestselling non-fiction books, and has written for Atlantic Monthly, Esquire, the Sunday Times, Guardian, Sunday Telegraph, Financial Times and other magazines and newspapers.

Erscheinungsdatum	25.07.2016
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 198 mm
Gewicht	181 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Segeln / Tauchen / Wassersport
	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Europa
	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Nord- / Mittelamerika
	Technik ► Fahrzeugbau / Schiffbau
ISBN-10	0-09-955873-4 / 0099558734
ISBN-13	978-0-09-955873-6 / 9780099558736
Zustand	Neuware