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The prolific Canadian writer recounts his four-month voyage on one of the last tramp freighters, a converted Russian ice-breaker, from Europe through the Panama Canal, across the South Pacific, then back by way of Singapore, Indonesia, the Indian Ocean, and Suez. He writes both of the places they visited and of life on board with its cast of characters. The Canadian copyright is 1998. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com). NOTA: El libro no está en español, sino en inglés.
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Douglas Fetherling, who has produced other travel narratives on Russia and East Asia, is a poet, fiction writer, editor, and teacher. His other books include Selected Poems and the much-acclaimed Travels by Night: A Memoir of the Sixties. He lives in Toronto most of the time.
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nt in his life, the prolific Canadian writer Douglas Fetherling sought to clear his head by taking the kind of trip that many of us dream about going round the world on one of the last of the tramp freighters. The four-month voyage carried him (and a handful of other travellers) some thirty thousand nautical miles, from Europe via the Panama Canal to the South Pacific, a region with a future as fragile as its past is romantic. There the ship, a converted Russian ice-breaker renamed The Pride of Great Yarmouth, traded at some of the most fabled and some of the most disreputable ports in the southern hemisphere. The return voyage, by way of Singapore, Indonesia, the Indian Ocean, and Suez, was just as memorable.
Written with dash, colour, and droll humour, Fetherling s narrative is peopled by a rich cast of characters, from the Foreign Legionnaires of French Polynesia to the raskol gangs of Papua New Guinea. Most memorable perhaps are
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