The discovery of slowness
Subtitle: a novel
By: by Sten Nadolny ; translated by Ralph Freedman.
Publisher: Viking
Published: 1987
Place of publication: New York, N.Y., U.S.A
Language: eng; ger
Number of pages: 325
Subjects: Franklin, John, Sir, 1786-1847 -- Fiction.; British -- Arctic regions -- Fiction.; Discoveries in geography -- Fiction.; Explorers -- Fiction.; Arctic regions -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: Framing the life of the 19th-century explorer Sir John Franklin, this novel explores not only the adventures of his career, but also enters a world where the quality of life is considered in "slow motion", where ordinary experience becomes wholly new and unexpected.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 323-325.
Translation of: Die Entdeckung der Langsamkeit.
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