
Explorer: The Quest for Adventure and the Great Unknown Main Edition
Author(s): Benedict Allen (Author)
- Publisher: Canongate Books
- Publication Date: February 13, 2024
- Edition: Main
- Language: English
- Print length: 288 pages
- ISBN-10: 1786896265
- ISBN-13: 9781786896261
Book Description
What does it mean to be an explorer in the twenty-first century?
This is the story of what first led Benedict Allen to head for the farthest reaches of our planet – at a time when there were still valleys and ranges known only to the remote communities who inhabited them. It is also the story of why, thirty years later, he is still exploring. Benedict decides to journey back to a clouded mountain in New Guinea to find an old friend called Korsai, and to fulfil a promise they made as young men.
Explorer tells the story of what it means to be ‘lost’ and ‘found’.
Editorial Reviews
Review
A remarkable journey unfolds . . . [Allen] writes clean, honest prose, creating startling images of all he sees . . . an extraordinary story, painfully assembled and beautifully told ―
SpectatorA love song to the Yaifo and all peoples struggling to maintain dignity and culture in a world gone wrong ―
Daily TelegraphHonest, sensitive and gives a brilliant look at a world most of us just dream about ―
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