Last Places: A Journey in the North - Softcover

Millman, Lawrence

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0618082484 ISBN 13: 9780618082483

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin (Trade), 2000

Synopsis

A classic of northern exploration and adventure, LAST PLACES is Lawrence Millman's marvelously told account of his journey along the ancient Viking sea routes that extend from Norway to Newfoundland. Traveling through landscapes of transcendent desolation, Millman wandered by way of the Shetland Islands, the Faeroes, Iceland, Greenland, and Labrador. His way was marked by surprising human encounters--with a convicted murderer in Reykjavik, an Inuit hermit in Greenland, an Icelandic guide who leads him to a place called Hell, and a Newfoundlander who warns him about the local variant of the Abominable Snowman. By turns earthy and lyrical, LAST PLACES is an ebullient celebration of the exotic North.

About this title

Review:

"In Millman's harsh North, the stark beauty of the last places lingers."

Boston Globe

"This is a fascinating, powerful, beautiful book. Millman's a genius." -- Annie Dillard

Synopsis:

The author of Our Like Will Not Be There Again and Northern Latitudes recounts his experiences traveling from Norway to Newfoundland via the Faeroe Islands, Iceland, Greenland, and Labrador. Reprint.

About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin (Trade)
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0618082484
• ISBN 13: 9780618082483
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256