West with the Night
by Beryl Markham
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Author: Beryl MarkhamEdition: Hardcover
Published: 2002-03
ISBN: 1885283512
Number of pages: 245
Publisher: Adventure Library
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Book Review: Absolutely Superior writing
Summary: 5 Stars
Beryl Markham's writing is nothing short of beautiful, and this alone is reason to read West with the Night. Add in that the stories she tells transport you into another land and time, a world of adventure and you have a true pleasure. The words she chooses to describe her experiences and the world around her are fantastic. Take this example "The trees that guard the thatched hut where i live stand in disorganized ranks, a regiment at ease, and lay their shadows on the ground like lances carried too long." Or this one about her airplane: "To me she is alive and to me she speaks. I feel through the soles of my feet on the rudder-bar the willing strain and flex of her muscles. The resonant, guttural voice of her exhausts has a timbre more articulate that wood and steel, more vibrant than wires and sparks and pounding pistons. She speaks to me now, saying the wind is right, the night is fair, the effort asked of her well within her powers ." This book which was published in 1942 was somewhat lost to the world for many years until an Earnest Hemingway researcher found his letter to a friend describing her writing as marvelous and saying she could write rings around him. It was republished in 1983. Worth adding to the collection!
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