Prosper : a voyage at sea
Leys, Simon, 1935-20142015
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One summer, Simon Leys joined the crew of a tuna-fishing boat in Brittany, one of the last boats working under sail. In this exceptionally beautiful and elegiac essay, he evokes the traditions, hardships and dangers of the oldest and finest form of seamanship.
Main title:
Prosper : a voyage at sea / Simon Leys.
Author:
Leys, Simon, 1935-2014, author
Imprint:
Collingwood, Vic. Black Inc. Books, 2015.
Collation:
64 pages.
Series title:
Short blacks ; no.8.
Notes:
First published in 'The Wreck of the Batavia & Prosper', Black Inc., 2005.
ISBN:
9781863957700
Dewey class:
623.88
Language:
English
BRN:
305015