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This memoir delves into themes of family, memory, and the inevitability of mortality, offering a poignant reflection on the author's life experiences. As Jonathan Raban's final work, it combines personal narrative with profound insights, inviting readers to explore the complexities of human connections and the passage of time. Through his unique perspective, Raban crafts a compelling story that resonates deeply with the universal journey of understanding one's roots and facing life's ultimate questions.

An extraordinary memoir about family, the past and mortality, and the final work from the peerless Jonathan Raban.

An entrancing chronicle of the voyage from Seattle to the Alaskan capital from the late Anglo-American master of letters, Jonathan Raban.

Teems with acerbic humour . . . 600 relentlessly intelligent pages of erudite, witty and combative prose.' Patrick McGrath, Guardian Book of the Week'

Jonathan Raban legt mit seiner Elf-Meter-Ketsch in Seattle ab und segelt tausend Meilen die Pazifikküste Kanadas hinauf. Endpunkt der Reise ist Juneau, die Hauptstadt Alaskas. Seine Reiseroute führt ihn entlang alter Wasserwege der Indianer durch die 'Inside Passage', ein Labyrinth aus Sunden und Kanälen. Für den Reisenden wird der Törn zu einem äußeren wie inneren Abenteuer, zu einer unentrinnbaren Konfrontation mit der Wildnis der See und sich selbst. 'Raban vermag mit wenigen Worten Bilder zu zeichnen, die an den dunklen Ton mancher Kanalufer erinnern, wo die Wurzeln und Steine, die niedrige Böschung und ihr flüssiges Ebenbild zu verschmelzen scheinen.' Süddeutsche Zeitung

Jonathan Raban’s powerful novel is set in Seattle in 1999, at the height of its infatuation with the virtual. It’s a place that attracts immigrants. One of these is Tom Janeway, a bookish Hungarian-born Englishman who makes his living commenting on American mores on NPR. Another, who calls himself Chick, is a frenetically industrious illegal alien from China who makes his living any way he can. Through a series of extraordinary but chillingly plausible events, the paths of these newcomers converge. Tom is uprooted from his marriage and must learn to father his endearing eight-year old son part-time. Chick claws his way up from exploited to exploiter. Meanwhile Seattle is troubled by rioting anarchists, vanishing children, and the discovery of an al-Qaeda operative; it is a city on the brink. Savage and tender, visionary and addictively entertaining, Waxwings is a major achievement. From the Trade Paperback edition.

'Raban's journey, made through empty landscaped that once brimmed with optimism, reveals what happened when American innocence begins to curdle. The tale, borne along by its superlative writing, is a riveting one' Observer

Sharp...funy...a marvellous attempt to discover the meaning of home' Ian Jack, Observer