Magellania / Jules Verne ; translated by Benjamin Ivry ; introduction by Olivier Dumas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Verne, Jules, author.

Contributor:

Ivry, Benjamin, translator.

Dumas, Olivier, writer of foreword.

Series:

Bison frontiers of imagination.

Bison Frontiers of Imagination

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science fiction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (276 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Magellania-the region around the Strait of Magellan-is the home of Kaw-djer, a mysterious man of Western origin whom the indigenous people consider a demigod. A man whose motto is "Neither God nor master," he has shunned Western civilization and its hypocrisies in order to live peacefully on an island claimed by no one. But when a storm strands a thousand immigrants on his island and they ask him to be the leader of their colony, Kaw-djer must decide whether to help them live and prosper in this foreign land at the end of the world or leave them to their fate.

Contents:

Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Introduction: Magellania: Jules Verne's Political Testament; Chapter I: The Guanaco; Chapter II. Along the Canal; Chapter III. Magellania; Chapter IV. Mysterious Existence; Chapter V. New Island; Chapter VI. Punta Arenas; Chapter VII. Cape Horn; Chapter VIII. The Shipwreck; Chapter IX. The Jonathan; Chapter X. Hoste Island; Chapter XI. Wintering; Chapter XII. The New Colony; Chapter XIII. A Leader; Chapter XIV. Six Years of Prosperity; Chapter XV. Trouble; Chapter XVI. The Cape Horn Lighthouse; In the Bison Frontiers of Imagination Series; Back Cover

Notes:

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ISBN:

9780803255906

080325590X

OCLC:

869641303