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The Discovery of Slowness

By Sten Nadolny

The Discovery of Slowness Contemporary literature

The Discovery of Slowness

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In The Discovery of Slowness, German novelist Sten Nadolny recounts the life of the nineteenth-century British explorer Sir John Franklin (1786-1847). The reader follows Franklin's development from awkward schoolboy and ridiculed teenager to expedition leader, governor of Tasmania, and icon of adventure. Everyone with whom he came into contact sensed that he was a rare man, one who was "out of his time" and who moved to a different, grander beat. That beat eventually led Franklin to sail once more-on his final, fateful voyage-into the Arctic in search of the Northwest Passage. The Discovery of Slowness is both a riveting account of a remarkable and varied life, and a profound and thought-provoking meditation on time.
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Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
336
Release Date:
1997-07-31
Publication Date:
1997-07-01
Publisher:
Random House
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0140265848
ISBN13:
9780140265842
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
242 g
Height:
129 cm
Width:
198 cm
Thickness:
17 cm
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