When I finally arrived in London to stay, I felt twice life size. To be an immigrant is to play one's first and key role in the drama of city life. You are part of a mythology. In Soft City Jonathan Raban arrives in 1970s London and...

A New York Times Editors' Choice for Book of the YearWinner of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers AwardWinner of the PEN West Creative Nonfiction Award"No one has evoked with greater power the marriage of land and sky that gives this...

"Coasting: A Private Voyage" von Jonathan Raban ist ein Reisebericht, der die persönliche und geographische Erkundung des Autors entlang der Küste Großbritanniens beschreibt. Mit einem kleinen Segelboot begibt sich Raban auf eine...