Travels in a Thin Country
A Journey Through Chile
Random House Publishing Group · Print & ebook · March 16, 1999
Squeezed between a vast ocean and the longest mountain range on earth, Chile is 2,600 miles long and never more than 110 miles wide--not a country that lends itself to maps, as Sara Wheeler discovered when she traveled alone from the top to the bottom, from the driest desert in the world to the sepulchral wastes of Antarctica.
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- Who it’s for
- A solo passage through Chile pairs sharp historical perspective with dry, nimble amusement.
- Themes
- Travel through Chile, Chilean geography, History
- Genres
- Travel in Chile & Easter Island, Travel Writing, South American History
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Squeezed between a vast ocean and the longest mountain range on earth, Chile is 2,600 miles long and never more than 110 miles wide--not a country that lends itself to maps, as Sara Wheeler discovered when she traveled alone from the top to the bottom, from the driest desert in the world to the sepulchral wastes of Antarctica.
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Eloquent, astute, nimble with history and deftly amusing, Travels in a Thin Country established Sara Wheeler as one of the very best travel writers in the world.
Chile in Profile
A solo passage through Chile pairs sharp historical perspective with dry, nimble amusement.
Come here for
- Chile from the driest desert to Antarctica
- Travel writing alive to history and geography
Expect
- An eloquent, astute, deftly amusing voice
- A country difficult to fit on a map
Where it sits
| Travel in Chile & Easter Island | 97% |
|---|---|
| Travel Writing | 51% |
| South American History | 31% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Essay Collections
- Caribbean & Latin American Criticism
- South America Travel
- Authors
- Sara Wheeler
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group
- Published
- March 16, 1999
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Travel through Chile · Chilean geography · History
- Reading lane
- Essay Collections