Lighthouse at the End of the World: The First English Translation of Verne's Original Manuscript by Verne, Jules

Lighthouse at the End of the World: The First English Translation of Verne's Original Manuscript (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780803260078)

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Lighthouse at the End of the World: The First English Translation of Verne's Original Manuscript by Verne, Jules

Lighthouse at the End of the World: The First English Translation of Verne's Original Manuscript

$17.95
Lighthouse at the End of the World: The First English Translation of Verne's Original Manuscript by Verne, Jules

Lighthouse at the End of the World: The First English Translation of Verne's Original Manuscript

$17.95
Format: Paperback
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At the extreme tip of South America, Staten Island has piercing Antarctic winds, lonely coasts assaulted by breakers, and sailors lost as their vessels smash on the dark rocks. Now that civilization dares to rule here, a lighthouse penetrates the last and wildest place of all. But Vasquez, the guardian of the sacred light, has not reckoned with the vicious, desperate Kongre gang, who murder his two friends and force him out into the wilderness. Alone, without resources, can he foil their cruel plans? A gripping tale of passion and perseverance, Verne's testament novel paints a compelling picture of intrigue and heroism, schemes and calamities. The master storyteller returns here to the theme of civilization against its two oldest enemies: pitiless nature and men's savagery.

Author: Jules Verne
ISBN-10: 0803260075
ISBN-13: 9780803260078
Publisher: Bison Books
Language: English
Published: 09/01/2007
Pages: 210
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.62lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.60d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/09/2007 pg. 32
Library Journal 12/15/2007 pg. 171
By Jules Verne
By Jules Verne
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Jules Verne (1828-1905), the most translated author in the world, wrote The Meteor Hunt (Nebraska 2006). In this first-ever publication in English of Verne's original manuscript, leading Verne scholar William Butcher not only translates magisterially but provides a full critical edition with penetrating literary analysis and revealing annotation. Amongst Butcher's many publications are Jules Verne: The Definitive Biography and editions of Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Seas and Around the World in Eighty Days.

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