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Journey to St. Thomas
- Tales for Our Time
Engelsk Hardback
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Journey to St. Thomas

- Tales for Our Time
Engelsk Hardback

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A Twenty-First century reimagining of The Canterbury Tales, set on a vacation cruise in the midst of the pandemic; a wonderful story for our time
 
Hoping for an adventure (at a discounted price), two dozen strangers set sail for balmy St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands. As different from one another as strangers can be, they agree to pass the time by telling stories. As the passengers share their stories, they begin to learn some astonishing things about their neighbors. 
 
Then, partway through the voyage, they are notified about a virus that has spread across the United States and their destination. The ship is quarantined, and they are destined to loll on the waves of the open sea until a port welcomes them. 
 
Stuck together in the confines of the ship, the group continues to regale each other with ingenious tales. A Journey to St. Thomas is a modern reimagining of Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales. Josiah Hatch, who studied Anglo Saxon and Middle English languages at Oxford University, writes in iambic pentameter, craftily updating Chaucer’s characters to those on the present-day cruise liner. Touching on topics that include political differences and discord, elitism, economic hardship, and the percived inability of the ordinary citizen to make a difference, this rich and innovative novel captures the humor, insight, and pathos of the original while telling a very modern story 



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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
416
ISBN-13:
9781682753347
Indbinding:
Hardback
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ISBN-10:
1682753344
Udg. Dato:
31 okt 2023
Længde:
30mm
Bredde:
238mm
Højde:
160mm
Forlag:
Fulcrum Publishing
Oplagsdato:
31 okt 2023
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