Ninety-two Days
Ninety-two Days by Evelyn Waugh, published by Penguin Books in 1985, is a travel narrative that chronicles the author’s journey through South America. This edition, part of the Penguin Travel Library, spans 169 pages and is presented in English. Waugh offers an entertaining account of his experiences in the isolated cattle country of Guiana, populated by a mix of visionaries, rogues, and ranchers. He explores the challenges of traveling through the jungle into Brazil, providing insights into the difficulties and discomforts of such an adventure.
Readers will find Waugh’s sharp and witty observations as he debunks romanticized notions of travel. The narrative captures the essence of his journey, detailing the arduous conditions he faced while traversing the landscape on foot, by horse, and by boat. Through his experiences, Waugh invites readers to engage with the realities of travel in Latin America, making this work a notable addition to the subjects of fiction, history, and travel.
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Part of the fabulous new hardback library of 24 Evelyn Waugh books, publishing in chronological order over the coming year. The books have an elegant new jacket and text design. ‘Who in his sense will read, still less buy, a travel book of no scientific value about a place he has no intention of visiting?’. Waugh provides the answer to his own question in this entertaining chronicle of a South American journey. In it, he describes the isolated cattle country of Guiana, sparsely populated by a bizarre collection of visionaries, rogues and ranchers, and records his nightmarish experiences traveling on foot, by horse and by boat through the jungle into Brazil. He debunks the romantic notions attached to rough traveling – his trip is difficult, dangerous and extremely uncomfortable – and his acute and witty observations in this marvelous travelogue give his reader ‘a share in the experience of travel’.
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