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Travels in a Thin Country

A Journey Through Chile

A Journey Through Chile

By Sara Wheeler

By Sara Wheeler

By Sara Wheeler

By Sara Wheeler

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Mar 16, 1999 | ISBN 9780375753657

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Sep 23, 2009 | ISBN 9780307560766

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    About Travels in a Thin Country

    Squeezed between a vast ocean and the longest mountain range on earth, Chile is 2,600 miles long and never more than 110 miles wide–not a country that lends itself to maps, as Sara Wheeler discovered when she traveled alone from the top to the bottom, from the driest desert in the world to the sepulchral wastes of Antarctica. Eloquent, astute, nimble with history and deftly amusing, Travels in a Thin Country established Sara Wheeler as one of the very best travel writers in the world.

    About Travels in a Thin Country

    Squeezed between a vast ocean and the longest mountain range on earth, Chile is 2,600 miles long and never more than 110 miles wide–not a country that lends itself to maps, as Sara Wheeler discovered when she traveled alone from the top to the bottom, from the driest desert in the world to the sepulchral wastes of Antarctica. Eloquent, astute, nimble with history and deftly amusing, Travels in a Thin Country established Sara Wheeler as one of the very best travel writers in the world.

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    About Sara Wheeler

    SARA WHEELER is the author of many works of nonfiction, including Terra Incognita: Travels in Antarctica, The Magnetic North (winner of the Banff Adventure Travel Prize), and Trav­els in a Thin Country. She contributes to a wide range of publications, including The New York Times,… More about Sara Wheeler

    About Sara Wheeler

    SARA WHEELER is the author of many works of nonfiction, including Terra Incognita: Travels in Antarctica, The Magnetic North (winner of the Banff Adventure Travel Prize), and Trav­els in a Thin Country. She contributes to a wide range of publications, including The New York Times,… More about Sara Wheeler

    Product Details

    Category: Travel: Central & South America | Classic Nonfiction | Literary Criticism | Essays & Literary Collections

    Paperback | $20.00
    Published by Modern Library
    Mar 16, 1999 | 336 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780375753657

    Category: Travel: Central & South America | Classic Nonfiction | Literary Criticism | Essays & Literary Collections

    Ebook | $4.99
    Published by Modern Library
    Sep 23, 2009 | 336 Pages | ISBN 9780307560766

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    Praise

    "Notably well written, perceptive, lively and sympathetic.  Sara Wheeler is very well worth reading." –Daily Telegraph

    "She is a marvelous writer–funny, elegant and observant.  As a traveling companion, Sara Wheeler is shrewd and
    amusing and likeable and well informed . . . not just a good but an outstanding travel writer." –The Oldie

    "Always lively and informative, sketching in the history with a light but sure touch . . . she admirably conveys the mood
    of contemporary Chile." –The New Statesman

    "A gifted writer with a knack for discovering the unexpected . . . Ms. Wheeler is a writer with attitude." –The Hindu

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