Sail Away: Stories of Escaping to Sea

Book Overview

Something happens when men and women put a plank between themselves and the water and set out on a voyage, whether for a day or a lifetime. Now Sail Away brings together the very finest writing about travel on water by a stellar crew of writers. Among those to be included are Joseph Conrad, Jacques Cousteau, Roald Dahl, Lawrence Durrell, F. Scott Fitzgerald, E.M. Forster, Ernest Hemingway, Thor Heyerdahl, Jonathan Raban, Paul Theroux, Mark Twain, Jules Verne, David Foster Wallace, and Evelyn Waugh. Packaged as the perfect companion to Beach, with atmospheric photos by Beach photographer Mittie Hellmich, Sail Away will be an important addition to the tradition of best-selling books about ships and the sea.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1569245843
• ISBN13: 9781569245842
• Release Date: June 2001
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

sailing away

The world may be in a shambles but you can make your escape! Sail away into the world of the free spirit and be unencumbered by your cares. This book is waiting to take you there! I love it!

Sail Away

I like this book a lot. The stories are gritty, dreamy, exciting, sad, funny, scary: there's a story for every mood and every kind of sea voyage, and each one of them is beautifully written. I also like the little blurb from the editors that comes with every story; and the photographs. This is a great book to give as a present: that's how I got mine.

From Harrowing to Haunting

An invigorating change from the current raft of "disaster at sea" books. The 21 stories cover the gamut from high adventure to psychological intrigue, from small boats to large ships, from contemporary to classic. All are engrossing and stimulate the full range of human emotions.