A High Wind in Jamaica Richard Hughes

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Zusammenfassung

On the high seas of the Caribbean, a family of English children is set loose - sent by their parents from their home in Jamaica to receive the civilising effects of England. Innocence is their protection, but as life in the care of pirates reveals its dangers, the events which unfold begin to take on a savagely detached quality.

A High Wind in Jamaica Zusammenfassung

A High Wind in Jamaica Richard Hughes

On the high seas of the Caribbean, a family of English children is set loose - sent by their parents from their home in Jamaica to receive the civilising effects of England. When their ship is captured by pirates, the thrilling cruise continues as the children transfer their affections from one batch of sailors to another. Innocence is their protection, but as life in the care of pirates reveals its dangers, the events which unfold begin to take on a savagely detached quality.

A High Wind in Jamaica Bewertungen

I read Richard Hughes' A High Wind in Jamaica this year and felt breathless with shock and awe... Appallingly dark story...dreadfully funny. -- Meg Rosoff * Independent *
A thrillingly good book -- Martin Amis
On one level it's an exciting adventure story with great storms and earthquakes, terrific animals, unruly children and some dubious pirates. What more, when young, could you want? But all this coexists with another narrative, darker and more sophisticated, complex and tragic. You can read this book over again and have read a different novel. -- Michael Holroyd * Guardian *
A hot draught of mad, primal fantasy and poetry -- Rebecca West
A fascinating study in child psychology * New York Times *

Über Richard Hughes

Richard Hughes was born in 1900 and educated at Chaterhouse School and Oriel College, Oxford. A highly original and idiosyncratic writer, he wrote poems and plays as well as novels, but it is for these that he is best remembered, the most famous of which was his first, A High Wind in Jamaica, published in 1929. A remarkable man, he could number Masefield, Yeats, T.E. Lawrence, Robert Graves, Augustus John and Dylan Thomas amongst his friends and acquaintances. Married to the painter Frances Bazley in 1932, he died in 1976.

Zusätzliche Informationen

Sku

GOR001930403

ISBN 13

9780099437437

ISBN 10

0099437430

Titel

A High Wind in Jamaica Richard Hughes

Autor

Richard Hughes

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Bindung

Broschiert

Verlag

Vintage Publishing

Datum

2002-07-04

Anzahl der Seiten

192

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