Time Of Arrival And Other Essays
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Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Good , price clipped
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Tears along folds of jacket.
A rich collection of personal and literary essays, Time of Arrival and Other Essays presents South African-born writer Dan Jacobson's incisive reflections on travel, identity, and the experience of displacement. With a sharp, observant eye, Jacobson chronicles his encounters with new landscapes and cultures — most notably his impressions of arriving in England and America — weaving autobiography together with broader meditations on belonging and the immigrant condition. The essays are written in a tone that is both intellectually rigorous and warmly personal, illustrating Jacobson's gift for finding universal meaning in the particular details of lived experience. Alongside the travel pieces, the collection also gathers literary criticism and cultural commentary, demonstrating the breadth of a writer equally at home dissecting a novel as he is describing a city street. Readers drawn to mid-twentieth-century essayists who combine elegant prose with genuine moral seriousness will find this volume a rewarding and thought-provoking read.
Author: Dan Jacobson
Format: Hardback
Published: 1962, Weidenfeld and Nicolson
Genre: Essays
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Good , price clipped
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Tears along folds of jacket.
A rich collection of personal and literary essays, Time of Arrival and Other Essays presents South African-born writer Dan Jacobson's incisive reflections on travel, identity, and the experience of displacement. With a sharp, observant eye, Jacobson chronicles his encounters with new landscapes and cultures — most notably his impressions of arriving in England and America — weaving autobiography together with broader meditations on belonging and the immigrant condition. The essays are written in a tone that is both intellectually rigorous and warmly personal, illustrating Jacobson's gift for finding universal meaning in the particular details of lived experience. Alongside the travel pieces, the collection also gathers literary criticism and cultural commentary, demonstrating the breadth of a writer equally at home dissecting a novel as he is describing a city street. Readers drawn to mid-twentieth-century essayists who combine elegant prose with genuine moral seriousness will find this volume a rewarding and thought-provoking read.