{"product_id":"voyager-travel-writings-9780061857683","title":"Voyager: Travel Writings","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Banks's narrative seductively juxtaposes rambles through lush volcanic mountains, white sand beaches and coral reefs with a barrage of memories of the hash he's made of his private life.\" --\u003cem\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRussell Banks has indulged his wanderlust for more than half a century. This longing for escape has taken him from the \"bright green islands and turquoise seas\" of the Caribbean islands to peaks in the Himalayas, the Andes, and beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn each of these remarkable essays, Banks considers his life and the world. In Everglades National Park this \"perfect place to time-travel,\" he traces his own timeline. Recalling his trips to the Caribbean in the title essay, \"Voyager,\" Banks dissects his relationships with the four women who would become his wives. In the Himalayas, he embarks on a different quest of self-discovery. \"One climbs a mountain not to conquer it, but to be lifted like this away from the earth up into the sky,\" he explains.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePensive, frank, beautiful, and engaging, Voyager brings together the social, the personal, and the historical, opening a path into the heart and soul of this revered writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBanks, Russell:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eRussell Banks, twice a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, is one of America's most prestigious fiction writers, a past president of the International Parliament of Writers, and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His work has been translated into twenty languages and has received numerous prizes and awards, including the Common Wealth Award for Literature. He lives in upstate New York and Miami, Florida.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBanks, Russell:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eRussell Banks, twice a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, is one of America's most prestigious fiction writers, a past president of the International Parliament of Writers, and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His work has been translated into twenty languages and has received numerous prizes and awards, including the Common Wealth Award for Literature. He lives in upstate New York and Miami, Florida.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50502976176402,"sku":"9780061857683","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_144ac67d-8c9e-4477-b5dc-23b7b98e2a66.jpg?v=1730779814","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/voyager-travel-writings-9780061857683","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}