{"product_id":"voyager-travel-writings-9780061857683","title":"Voyager: Travel Writings","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Banks's narrative seductively juxtaposes rambles through lush volcanic mountains, white sand beaches and coral reefs with a barrage of memories of the hash he's made of his private life.\" --The New York Times Book Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRussell Banks has indulged his wanderlust for more than half a century. This longing for escape has taken him from the \"bright green islands and turquoise seas\" of the Caribbean islands to peaks in the Himalayas, the Andes, and beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn each of these remarkable essays, Banks considers his life and the world. In Everglades National Park this \"perfect place to time-travel,\" he traces his own timeline. Recalling his trips to the Caribbean in the title essay, \"Voyager,\" Banks dissects his relationships with the four women who would become his wives. In the Himalayas, he embarks on a different quest of self-discovery. \"One climbs a mountain not to conquer it, but to be lifted like this away from the earth up into the sky,\" he explains.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePensive, frank, beautiful, and engaging, Voyager brings together the social, the personal, and the historical, opening a path into the heart and soul of this revered writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat happens when a lifetime of movement confronts the stillness of memory?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eIntrospective Memoir: \u003c\/b\u003e A frank and unflinching look at a messy private life, including the author's relationships with his four wives.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eWanderlust: \u003c\/b\u003e Journey from the turquoise seas of the Caribbean and the time-traveling landscape of the Everglades to the remote peaks of the Himalayas.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMarriage and Divorce: \u003c\/b\u003e An honest self-dissection of love, escape, and the recurring patterns that shaped his most intimate relationships.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Writer's Self-Discovery: \u003c\/b\u003e In these powerful meditations on a life of travel, Russell Banks seeks to understand the man he has become--and the boy he once was.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Russell Banks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ecco Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/16\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.30w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780061857683\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBanks, Russell:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRussell Banks, twice a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, is one of America's most prestigious fiction writers, a past president of the International Parliament of Writers, and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His work has been translated into twenty languages and has received numerous prizes and awards, including the Common Wealth Award for Literature. He lives in upstate New York and Miami, Florida.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBanks, Russell:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eRussell Banks, twice a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, was one of America's most prestigious fiction writers, a past president of the International Parliament of Writers, and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His work has been translated into twenty languages and he received numerous prizes and awards, including the Common Wealth Award for Literature. He died in January 2023 at the age of eighty-two. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50525678633075,"sku":"9780061857683","price":24.13,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_a71e0d5d-22c9-46d5-8372-d76573d201e1.jpg?v=1790249973","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/voyager-travel-writings-9780061857683","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}