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Tales from the Torrid Zone: Travels in the Deep Tropics by Frater, Alexander
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- Condition
- Good
- Seller Notes
- Binding
- Paperback
- Weight
- 0 lbs
- Product Group
- Book
- IsTextBook
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- ISBN
- 9780307388261
- Book Title
- Tales from the Torrid Zone : Travels in the Deep Tropics
- Book Series
- Vintage Departures Ser.
- Item Length
- 8 in
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Publication Year
- 2008
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.9 in
- Genre
- Nature, Travel
- Topic
- General, Essays & Travelogues
- Item Width
- 5.3 in
- Item Weight
- 10.1 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 400 Pages
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Alexander Frater was born to a family of Scottish expatriates on the tiny island of Irikiki in the South Seas. Following his dreams of being a writer, Frater left home, but the call of the tropics compelled him to return again and again. Join him as he dines with the Queen of Tonga; makes his way through two civil wars; visits the spots where surfing and bungee jumping originated; and expresses his love for the region where he is at once a tourist, explorer, adventurer, and native son. From Tahiti to Thailand, Mexico to Mozambique, Frater gives us a richly described, endlessly surprising picture of this diverse, feverish, languorously beautiful world.
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Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0307388263
ISBN-13
9780307388261
eBay Product ID (ePID)
60729711
Product Key Features
Book Title
Tales from the Torrid Zone : Travels in the Deep Tropics
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
General, Essays & Travelogues
Publication Year
2008
Book Series
Vintage Departures Ser.
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Nature, Travel
Number of Pages
400 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8 in
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Width
5.3 in
Item Weight
10.1 Oz
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Reviews
"Chancy, devastating weather is the bad news about the tropics. The good news is that the travel writer Alexander Frater has again been navigating the region, as he did so memorably in "Chasing the Monsoon" . . . Frater skips lightly among dozens of countries and several centuries . . . He is unfailingly jolly even when-especially when-faced with wretched food and sanitation . . . As in Proust's epic, this is the story of how a child grew up to become the author of the savory book we are reading." -Richard B. Woodward, "New York Times "(Armchair Traveler) "Ranging broadly over this vast area [of the tropics], Frater tells tall tales, gives lessons in history, politics, and economics, and recounts his personal adventures. This world is literally teeming with natural wonders, local characters, and wild stories . . . Entertaining." -Barbara Fisher, "Boston Globe" "Frater's thoughts and conversations reveal the torrid zone on a very personal level. The reader can almost feel the stifling wet heat . . . [A] beautifully written book." -"Library Journal" ""Tales from the Torrid Zone "[has a] jagged edge of authenticity . . . Part memoir, part travel yarn, a hymn to the solar lands where people 'wear their shadows like shoes' . . . Frater adopts a tropical profusion of language to match his teeming subject, writing with gusto . . . He's bracingly willing to take verbal as well as physical risks [but] some of the best things in the book are quieter, more lyrical moments . . . Wide-ranging . . . Impressive." -Christopher Benfey, "The New York Times Book Review" "Part memoir, part travelogue, "Tales From the Torrid Zone" is a pleasing grab bag of a book, a jumble offunny encounters, strange sights, forgotten history and really bad food. Mr. Frater, a genial tour guide and a stylish writer, makes excellent company . . . [A] diverting tour of the earth's hot zones." -William Grimes, "The New York Times" "An outstanding memoir . . . Not everyone born and bred in the tropics likes tropical life. But just as church bells in the tropics have a unique resonance, so Frater himself has the human version of 'tropical resonance.' Everything about life in the tropics-food, diseases, insects, religion, rivers, language, drink, forestry, human sweat-is endlessly fascinating for him, reminding him of a story he heard traveling downstream from Mandalay, or filming in Mozambique, or riding a bus into Rarotonga. He finds the smallest details of tropical life so entertaining, he barely notices the attendant inconveniences. Thus he makes the insects eating his grandfather's book-selectively consuming its constituent parts, 'the spine's sweet glue and crunchy muslin, biscuity strawboard covers, a confit of gold leaf licked from the titles'-sound like regular gourmands." -"Publishers Weekly "(starred) "From the Hardcover edition.", "Lyrical [and] moving. . . . Part memoir, part travel yarn, a hymn to the solar lands." -- The New York Times Book Review "Entertaining. . . . This world is literally teeming with natural wonders, local characters, and wild stories." -- The Boston Globe "A book to treasure on many levels. . . . Be prepared to be fascinated." -- The Washington Times 'Fascinating. . . . A diverting, loose-limbed tour of the earth's hot zones. . . . Mr Frater, a genial tour guide and a stylish writer, makes excellent company." -- The New York Times, " Chancy, devastating weather is the bad news about the tropics. The good news is that the travel writer Alexander Frater has again been navigating the region, as he did so memorably in "Chasing the Monsoon" . . . Frater skips lightly among dozens of countries and several centuries . . . He is unfailingly jolly even when- especially when- faced with wretched food and sanitation . . . As in Proust' s epic, this is the story of how a child grew up to become the author of the savory book we are reading." - Richard B. Woodward, "New York Times "(Armchair Traveler) " Ranging broadly over this vast area [of the tropics], Frater tells tall tales, gives lessons in history, politics, and economics, and recounts his personal adventures. This world is literally teeming with natural wonders, local characters, and wild stories . . . Entertaining." - Barbara Fisher, "Boston Globe" " Frater' s thoughts and conversations reveal the torrid zone on a very personal level. The reader can almost feel the stifling wet heat . . . [A] beautifully written book." - "Library Journal" " "Tales from the Torrid Zone "[has a] jagged edge of authenticity . . . Part memoir, part travel yarn, a hymn to the solar lands where people ' wear their shadows like shoes' . . . Frater adopts a tropical profusion of language to match his teeming subject, writing with gusto . . . He' s bracingly willing to take verbal as well as physical risks [but] some of the best things in the book are quieter, more lyrical moments . . . Wide-ranging . . . Impressive." - Christopher Benfey, "The New YorkTimes Book Review" " Part memoir, part travelogue, "Tales From the Torrid Zone" is a pleasing grab bag of a book, a jumble of funny encounters, strange sights, forgotten history and really bad food. Mr. Frater, a genial tour guide and a stylish writer, makes excellent company . . . [A] diverting tour of the earth' s hot zones." - William Grimes, "The New York Times" " An outstanding memoir . . . Not everyone born and bred in the tropics likes tropical life. But just as church bells in the tropics have a unique resonance, so Frater himself has the human version of ' tropical resonance.' Everything about life in the tropics- food, diseases, insects, religion, rivers, language, drink, forestry, human sweat- is endlessly fascinating for him, reminding him of a story he heard traveling downstream from Mandalay, or filming in Mozambique, or riding a bus into Rarotonga. He finds the smallest details of tropical life so entertaining, he barely notices the attendant inconveniences. Thus he makes the insects eating his grandfather's book-selectively consuming its constituent parts, ' the spine's sweet glue and crunchy muslin, biscuity strawboard covers, a confit of gold leaf licked from the titles' - sound like regular gourmands." - "Publishers Weekly "(starred) "From the Hardcover edition.", "Lyrical [and] moving. . . . Part memoir, part travel yarn, a hymn to the solar lands." - The New York Times Book Review "Entertaining. . . . This world is literally teeming with natural wonders, local characters, and wild stories." - The Boston Globe "A book to treasure on many levels. . . . Be prepared to be fascinated." - The Washington Times 'Fascinating. . . . A diverting, loose-limbed tour of the earth's hot zones. . . . Mr Frater, a genial tour guide and a stylish writer, makes excellent company." - The New York Times, "Lyrical [and] moving. . . . Part memoir, part travel yarn, a hymn to the solar lands." --"The New York Times Book Review" "Entertaining. . . . This world is literally teeming with natural wonders, local characters, and wild stories." --"The" "Boston Globe" "A book to treasure on many levels. . . . Be prepared to be fascinated." --"The Washington Times" 'Fascinating. . . . A diverting, loose-limbed tour of the earth's hot zones. . . . Mr Frater, a genial tour guide and a stylish writer, makes excellent company." --"The New York Times", "Lyrical [and] moving. . . . Part memoir, part travel yarn, a hymn to the solar lands." The New York Times Book Review "Entertaining. . . . This world is literally teeming with natural wonders, local characters, and wild stories." The Boston Globe "A book to treasure on many levels. . . . Be prepared to be fascinated." The Washington Times 'Fascinating. . . . A diverting, loose-limbed tour of the earth's hot zones. . . . Mr Frater, a genial tour guide and a stylish writer, makes excellent company." The New York Times, "Lyrical [and] moving. . . . Part memoir, part travel yarn, a hymn to the solar lands." -The New York Times Book Review "Entertaining. . . . This world is literally teeming with natural wonders, local characters, and wild stories." -TheBoston Globe "A book to treasure on many levels. . . . Be prepared to be fascinated." -The Washington Times 'Fascinating. . . . A diverting, loose-limbed tour of the earth's hot zones. . . . Mr Frater, a genial tour guide and a stylish writer, makes excellent company." -The New York Times
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