Atlas of an anxious man
By: Christoph Ransmayr ; translated by Simon Pare
Contributors: Pare, Simon, translator
Series: The German list; German list
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 337
ISBN-13: 9780857423146
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Travel; Voyages around the world; Anecdotes
Work titles: Atlas eines ängstlichen mannes
Description: In The Atlas of an Anxious Man, Christoph Ransmayr offers a mesmerizing travel diary--a sprawling tale of earthly wonders seen by a wandering eye. This is an exquisite, lyrically told travel story. Translated by Simon Pare, this unique account follows Ransmayr across the globe: from the shadow of Java's volcanoes to the rapids of the Mekong and Danube Rivers, from the drift ice of the Arctic Circle to Himalayan passes, and on to the disenchanted islands of the South Pacific. Ransmayr begins again and again with, "I saw ..." recounting to the reader the stories of continents, eras, and landscapes of the soul. Like maps, the episodes come together to become a book of the world--one that charts the life and death, happiness and fate of people bound up in images of breathtaking beauty.
Notes: Translation of: Atlas eines ängstlichen mannes.

Translated from the German.