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by Ilan Stavans,W. H. Hudson

Author: Ilan Stavans,W. H. Hudson
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press; 1 edition (September 1, 2002)
Language: English
Pages: 304
ePub: 1436 kb
Fb2: 1317 kb
Rating: 4.4
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Category: Literature
Subcategory: History and Criticism
Being the Narrative of One Richard Lamb's Adventures in The BandaOriental, in South America, as Told By Himself. ILLUSTRATED BY. Keith Henderson. There it might haveremained for a further period of nineteen years, or for ever, since thesleep of a book is apt to be of the unawakening kind, had not certainmen of letters, who found it on a forgotten heap and liked it in spiteof its faults, or because of them, concerned themselves to revive it. We are often told that an author never wholly loses his affection for afirst book, and the feeling has been likened (more than once) to that ofa parent towards a first-born.
The Purple Land is a novel set in 19th century Uruguay by William Henry Hudson, first published in 1885 under the title The Purple Land that England Lost. Initially a commercial and critical failure, it was reissued in 1904 with the full title The Purple Land, Being One Richard Lamb's Adventures in the Banda Orientál, in South America, as told by Himself. Towards the end of the novel, the narrator explains the title, "I will call my book The Purple Land
Ilan Stavans’s introduction offers an opportunity to revisit The Purple Land as a. .
Ilan Stavans’s introduction offers an opportunity to revisit The Purple Land as a "road novel" in which an outsider offers reflections on nationality and diasporic identity. First published in 1885, The Purple Land was the first novel of William Henry Hudson, author of Green Mansions. His books include the acclaimed novel Green Mansions, The Naturalist in La Plata, Idle Days in Patagonia, Adventures among Birds, A Crystal Age, A Shepherd’s Life, Far Away and Long Ago, and A Hind in Richmond Park.
The Purple Land book. Ilan Stavans's introduction offers an opportunity to revisit The Purple Land as a "road novel" in which an outsider offers reflections on nationality and diasporic identity. Author Biography: W. H. Hudson (1841-1922) was born in Buenos Aires to American parents.
Ilan Stavans's introduction offers an opportunity to revisit The Purple Land . W. Hudson (1841–1922) was born in Buenos Aires to American parents
Ilan Stavans's introduction offers an opportunity to revisit The Purple Land as a "road novel" in which an outsider offers reflections on nationality and diasporic identity. Hudson (1841–1922) was born in Buenos Aires to American parents. His books include the acclaimed novel Green Mansions, The Naturalist in La Plata, Idle Days in Patagonia, Adventures among Birds, A Crystal Age, A Shepherd's Life, Far Away and Long Ago, and A Hind in Richmond Park.
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The Purple Land has been added to your Cart. Of living writers that I have read, W. Hudson is the rarest spirit. William Henry Hudson (4 August 1841 – 18 August 1922) was an author, naturalist, and ornithologist.
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Essayist, cultural critic, translator, publisher of Restless Books.