Passage To Juneau
14 September 2023Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
'His erudition is enorous, his prose as beautiful and clear as the blue ocean on a crisp morning . . . Passage to Juneau is a wonderfully fluid read' – Sunday Times
Passage to Juneau is an account of Raban's voyage from Seattle to the Alaskan capital by boat, and the devastating news that awaits him when he returns to...
Details
14 September 2023448 pages
9781035034536Imprint: Picador
Reviews
Raban's inability to write a mere travel book opens the way for Passage to Juneau to become something richer and stranger: a book that defies categories, unless it simply be called a portrait of the journeying soul . . . Evoking the sea, Raban is incomparableTimes Literary Supplement
A moving, complex mosaic of memory, history and adventureSunday Telegraph
'Passage to Juneau is a rich and complex book – a beautifully crafted travelogue, a subtle exercise in anthropology and an involving account of the personal crises which gripped Raban during his voyage to Alaska'Express on Sunday
'Jonathan Raban is one of the most satisfying writers of his generation'Observer
