Covering 20 islands and their culture, this book surveys history, geography, and current situation of each island. It offers excerpts from novels, short stories, poems, and travel writing. Including 175 extracts by Graham Greene, Ernest Hemingway, Derek Walcott, Martha Gellhorn, V.S. Naipaul, and others, plus author biographies and bibliographies.
- ISBN10 0844289647
- ISBN13 9780844289649
- Publish Date 1 May 1997
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 4 November 2004
- Publish Country US
- Publisher McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
- Imprint McGraw-Hill Contemporary
- Format Paperback
- Language English