Sinn Féin: Cien años turbulentos

A devout young boy in rural Ohio, Andrew Evans had his life mapped for him: baptism, mission, Brigham Young University, temple marriage, and children of his own. But as an awkward gay kid, bullied and bored, he escaped into the glossy pages of National Geographic and the wide promise of the world atlas. The Black Penguin is Evans's memoir, travel tale, and love story of his eventual journey to the farthest reaches of the map, a wild yet touching adventure across some of the most astonishing landscapes on Earth.

Ejected from church and shunned by his family as a young man, Evans embarks on an ambitious overland journey halfway across the world. Riding public transportation, he crosses swamps, deserts, mountains, and jungles, slowly approaching his lifelong dream and ultimate goal: Antarctica. With each new mile comes laughter, pain, unexpected friendship, true weirdness, unsettling realities, and some hair-raising moments that eventually lead to a singular discovery on a remote beach at the bottom of the world.

Evans's 12,000-mile voyage becomes a soulful quest to balance faith, family, and self, reminding us that, in the end, our lives are defined by the roads we take, the places we touch, and those we hold nearest.

Autor: Brian Feeney
Editorial: University of Wisconsin Press
Publicado: 03/06/2018
Páginas: 464
Tipo de encuadernación: Tapa blanda
Peso: 1.70lbs
Tamaño: 9.18h x 6.17w x 1.46d
ISBN13: 9780299186746
ISBN10: 0299186741
Categorías BISAC:
- Ciencia Política | Proceso político | Partidos políticos
- Historia | Europa | Irlanda
- Ciencia Política | Política comparada

Sobre el autor
Brian Feeney, columnista político de Irish News, es un destacado comentarista nacionalista y frecuente presentador de asuntos de Irlanda del Norte. Es coautor de Lost Lives: The Stories of Men, Women and Children Who Died as a Result of the Northern Ireland Troubles, que ganó el premio Christopher Ewart-Biggs en 2001 por su contribución a la reconciliación en Irlanda y Europa. Feeney también es jefe del departamento de historia en el St. Mary's University College, Belfast.