Where the Clocks Chime Twice

Waugh, Alec

Bloomsbury Reader（2012/11発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 354 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781448201204
• DDC分類 910.2

Full Description

Part sentimental journey revisiting old well-loved scenes of former travels, and part search for new, out-of-the-way lands, Alec Waugh's travel book tells of a journey half-way round the world. But in new or old places, the author's sense of romance and adventure, his gift of combining past and present, his ability to create a mood and tell a story provide continuously enlightening and enlivening reading.

The chief object of these travels was to visit the Seychelles Islands. This remote British colony, lost in the immensity of the Indian Ocean, is a world forgotten by the world, a world in itself. Alec Waugh's description of these tropical islands, their people and their history, ranks among the best of travel writing.

Contents

Part I In Explanation

Part II The Caribbean
1 The US Virgin Islands
2 The Wicked Baronet
3 'Typical Dominica'
4 An Island to be Explored

Part II The Lebanon

Part IV Seychelles
1 The Place and the People
2 Seychellois Routine
3 The Beachcomber's Arms
4 The Collet Incident
5 Praslin
6 The Woman Who Knew Frank Harris
7 Last Days in Mahe

Part V Ex-British Raj
1 Ceylon
2 The City of Caliphs

Part VI Damascus

Part VII Villefranche-Sur-Mer

A Note on the Author