An extraordinary memoir about family, the past and mortality, and the final work from the peerless Jonathan Raban.
'Of all his generation's travellers, Jonathan Raban is the most sophisticated, writing with a subtle and imaginative brilliance.' Colin Thubron
'A valuable book and a necessary one. One of the funniest and cleverest voyages on record.' Christopher Hitchens, New Statesman
'Jonathan Raban is simply one of the great writers of nonfiction at work today. I hold his work in awe.' Robert Macfarlane
This is an anthology of writing about the sea from Anglo-Saxon times to the present day. It is extraordinarily varied, including fiction and non-fiction, prose and poetry,... Læs mere
One of the classics of travel writing, Soft City is an exploration of the individual's relationship with urban living.
'Jonathan Raban is one of the world's greatest living travel writers.' William Dalrymple
'Jonathan Raban is the only person I listen to in matters of travel and books and writing in general. Reading him, talking to him as I have over fifty years, he has made my work better and me happier.' Paul Theroux
A modern classic of travel writing, Passage to Juneau is a dual narrative, the story of Raban's own journey from Seattle to Juneau, as well as the same voyage taken by Captain George Vancouver.
A collection of Jonathan Raban's essays and classic travel writing.
Moving, exquisitely written and hugely entertaining, Waxwings captures the landscape and life of contemporary America.
‘One of the most delightful travel books in thirty years’ New York Times