InThe Discovery of Slowness, German novelist Sten Nadolnyrecounts the life of the nineteenth-century British explorer Sir John Franklin (1786-1847). The reader follows Franklin's development from awkward schoolboy and ridiculed teenager to expedition leader, governor of Tasmania, and icon of adventure. Everyone with whom he came into contact sensed that he was a rare man, one who was out of his time and who moved to a different, grander beat. That beat eventually led Franklin to sail once more on his final, fateful voyage into the Arctic in search of the Northwest Passage. The Discovery of Slownessis both a riveting account of a remarkable and varied life, and a profound and thought-provoking meditation on time."
- ISBN10 1589880242
- ISBN13 9781589880245
- Publish Date 1 May 2005 (first published 31 March 1988)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Paul Dry Books
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 325
- Language English