by Evelyn Waugh · Penguin Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780141186399
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«Remote People» is Evelyn Waugh's travel narrative, published by Penguin Books in paperback (192 pages, in English).
It recounts Evelyn Waugh's travels through Africa in 1930, including his account of the coronation of Haile Selassie I in Ethiopia and his encounters with settlers, traders and expatriates. The author combines satire and humour to portray colonialism and modernity, and includes three 'nightmares' about the discomforts of travel and returning home.
The book was originally published in 1931, and this Penguin Books edition belongs to the Penguin Modern Classics series.
A good choice for those who enjoy classic travel literature and twentieth-century British social satire.
Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh was an English writer of novels, biographies, and travel books; he was also a prolific journalist and book reviewer. His most famous works include the early satires Decline and Fall (1928) and A Handful of Dust (1934), the novel Brideshead Revisited (1945), and the Second World War trilogy Sword of Honour (1952–1961). He is recognised as one of the great prose stylists of the English language in the 20th century.
