| Magellania Contributor(s): Verne, Jules (Author), Ivry, Benjamin (Translator), Dumas, Olivier (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0803246110 ISBN-13: 9780803246119 Publisher: University of Nebraska Press OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Science Fiction - Action & Adventure |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2013020794 |
| Series: Bison Frontiers of Imagination |
| Physical Information: 0.52" H x 6.02" W x 9.03" (0.66 lbs) 208 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Magellania-the region around the Strait of Magellan-is the home of Kaw-djer, a mysterious man of Western origin whom the indigenous people consider a demigod. A man whose motto is "Neither God nor master," he has shunned Western civilization and its hypocrisies in order to live peacefully on an island claimed by no one. But when a storm strands a thousand immigrants on his island and they ask him to be the leader of their colony, Kaw-djer must decide whether to help them live and prosper in this foreign land at the end of the world or leave them to their fate. Jules Verne penned Magellania in 1897, following the death of his brother and at a time when his own health was beginning to fail. Originally titled Land of Fire and At the End of the World, Magellania was intended to reflect Verne's deeply held religious and political beliefs as well as examine his own mortality. Jules Verne (1828-1905), the most translated author in the world, wrote numerous classics of adventure and science fiction, including The Meteor Hunt, Lighthouse at the End of the World, and The Golden Volcano, all available from the University of Nebraska Press. Benjamin Ivry is an American writer on the arts, broadcaster, and translator. He has translated Sylvie Weil's At Home with André and Simone Weil and Gaston Derys's My Doctor, My Wine, among others. Olivier Dumas is the president of the Jules Verne Society in France and one of the world's leading experts on Verne. |