Jamie James
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A la edad de dieciocho años, en Una temporada en el infierno, profetizó el resto de su vida. Dejaba Europa atrás. Escribió del aire de mar que le quemaría los pulmones, de la ráfaga solar que le broncearía el cuerpo entero. Tres años después, en 1876, se incorporó a la Armada Real de las Indias holandesas como infante y partió rumbo a Java. Desertaría muy pronto, en fuga hacia la selva. Es el pasaje más enigmático y misterioso de una...
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In A Season in Hell, at the age of eighteen, the French poet Arthur Rimbaud predicted the rest of his life: 'My day is done; I'm leaving Europe. The sea air will burn my lungs; lost climes will tan my skin.' Three years later, in 1876, he joined the Royal Army of the Dutch Indies as an infantryman and sailed for Java, where he promptly deserted and fled into the jungle. It was the most enigmatic passage in his life crowded with puzzles and contrarieties.
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In the narrative tradition of Into the Wild and The Perfect Storm, an acclaimed journalist tells the dramatic story of the life and death of modern adventurer Joe Slowinski, the young, charismatic world expert on poisonous snakes. Author Jamie James brings to life young Joe's childhood empathiy with snakes, his university career, and his final trek into the wilderness. On Slowinski's last major expedition deep into the wild, there were plenty of his...