by Paul Theroux · Penguin Group USA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140071818
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«The Kingdom by the Sea» is Paul Theroux's travelogue, published by Penguin Group USA in paperback (368 pages, in English).
In 1982, during the Falklands War and against the backdrop of the birth of Prince William, the author traveled by train along the coast of Great Britain to get to know the country and its people up close. The result is an ironic and observant travelogue that portrays a British society in the midst of transformation, amid local peculiarities and contradictions of the era.
The subtitle of the work is «A Journey Around the Coast of Great Britain».
For readers of travel literature interested in British society of the 1980s.
Paul Edward Theroux is an American novelist and travel writer who has written numerous books, including the travelogue The Great Railway Bazaar (1975). Some of his works of fiction have been adapted as feature films. He was awarded the 1981 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his novel The Mosquito Coast, which was adapted for the 1986 movie of the same name and the 2021 television series of the same name.
