The Black Penguin: Living Out: Gay and Lesbian Autobiographies
Autor Andrew Evansen Limba Engleză Paperback – 6 mar 2018
As an awkward gay kid—bullied, bored, and eventually ejected from the Mormon Church—Andrew Evans escaped into the glossy pages of National Geographic and the wide promise of the world atlas. The Black Penguin chronicles his journey riding public transportation toward his ultimate goal: Antarctica. Part memoir, part travel tale, and part love story, with each new mile comes laughter, pain, unexpected friendships, true weirdness, and hair-raising moments that eventually lead to a singular discovery on a remote beach at the bottom of the world.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780299311445
ISBN-10: 0299311449
Pagini: 304
Ilustrații: 1 b-w photo, 1 map
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 33 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Editura: University of Wisconsin Press
Colecția University of Wisconsin Press
Seria Living Out: Gay and Lesbian Autobiographies
ISBN-10: 0299311449
Pagini: 304
Ilustrații: 1 b-w photo, 1 map
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 33 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Editura: University of Wisconsin Press
Colecția University of Wisconsin Press
Seria Living Out: Gay and Lesbian Autobiographies
Notă biografică
Andrew Evans has completed more than forty assignments for National Geographic, reporting from all seven continents. He is the author of the Bradt travel guides Iceland and Ukraine and lives in Washington, DC.
Cuprins
Preface
1 Cold Pitch
2 Sandy Cay
3 Sixteenth and M
4 Ohio
5 Virginia
6 Two Letters
7 Atlanta
8 Ethel, Doris, and Mabel
9 Dixie
10 Light Blue
11 Going Home
12 The Shape of the Earth
13 Telmex
14 Hannah
15 Utah
16 Chicken Bus
17 A Place without Guns
18 England
19 Milkman
20 Panama
21 Through the Plexiglass
22 Death in Colombia
23 Close Call
24 Court of Love
25 Middle Earth
26 Bananas
27 Medzhybizh
28 A Thousand Miles of Sand
29 The Laws of Physics
30 Rainy Season
31 Argentina
32 Marching as to War
33 The End of the World
34 Pionero
35 The Drake
36 Antarctica
37 The Black Penguin
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Transportation from Washington, DC, to Antarctica
1 Cold Pitch
2 Sandy Cay
3 Sixteenth and M
4 Ohio
5 Virginia
6 Two Letters
7 Atlanta
8 Ethel, Doris, and Mabel
9 Dixie
10 Light Blue
11 Going Home
12 The Shape of the Earth
13 Telmex
14 Hannah
15 Utah
16 Chicken Bus
17 A Place without Guns
18 England
19 Milkman
20 Panama
21 Through the Plexiglass
22 Death in Colombia
23 Close Call
24 Court of Love
25 Middle Earth
26 Bananas
27 Medzhybizh
28 A Thousand Miles of Sand
29 The Laws of Physics
30 Rainy Season
31 Argentina
32 Marching as to War
33 The End of the World
34 Pionero
35 The Drake
36 Antarctica
37 The Black Penguin
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Transportation from Washington, DC, to Antarctica
Recenzii
“Evans interweaves three urgent personal quests: his expedition, his effort to convince his family to accept his homosexuality and his struggle for the right to marry the man he loved. . . . The Black Penguin relays the ups and downs of that journey, but the terra incognita [he] claims is his own pride.”
“As travel literature, the fascination of The Black Penguin lies in the difficulties Evans has undertaken by choosing to travel only by bus all the way 12,000 miles through the Southern USA, Central America and South America. . . . The long bus ride also provides the writer ample opportunity to ponder his life and gracefully weave thoughts about Andrew Evans, former Mormon and gay man into the story of Andrew Evans, travel writer on an adventure.”
“Combines an improbable trek to Antarctica with . . . struggles surrounding religion, family, and sexuality. . . . These two distinct halves hold together surprisingly well, thanks to Evans's excellent writing and eye for detail.”
“Holds its own with the best of travel writing with plenty of suspenseful moments, colorful characters, and warmth.”
“The exterior and interior landscapes are meticulously described, moving and often totally unexpected. Compulsive reading.”
“A traveler of boundless curiosity and compassion, Evans spins a globe-trotting tale of daring and discovery. His expedition proves that our inner and outward journeys can take us everywhere we need to go, from happiness at home to elation at the ends of the Earth.”
“I swear on a stack of National Geographic magazines that few writers possess a passion for travel and life matched by their storytelling talents. I love Andrew Evans’s winning combination of both.”
Descriere
An outcast gay Mormon travels from his Washington, DC, home to Antarctica—by bus.