{"product_id":"9780571352999-exiles","title":"Exiles","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThree Island Journeys\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA luminous exploration of exile - the people who have experienced it, and the places they inhabit - from the award-winning travel writer and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Immeasurable\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWorld\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Moor.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Breathtakingly good .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA luminous exploration of exile - the people who have experienced it, and the places they inhabit - from the award-winning travel writer and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Immeasurable\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWorld\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Moor.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Breathtakingly good . \u003ci\u003eExiles\u003c\/i\u003e is completely sui generis.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEDMUND DE WAAL\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Atkins spins a marvellous tapestry of colourful tales, beautifully weaving history and travel accounts.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eANDREA WULF\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Invention of Nature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A volume for our times.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSARA WHEELER, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTHE SPECTATOR\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A fascinating study of exile and its effects.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOBSERVER\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the story of three unheralded nineteenth-century dissidents, whose lives were profoundly shaped by the winds of empire, nationalism and autocracy that continue to blow strongly today: Louise Michel, a leader of the radical socialist government known as the Paris Commune; Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo, an enemy of British colonialism in Zululand; and Lev Shternberg, a militant campaigner against Russian tsarism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eExiles\u003c\/i\u003e, William Atkins travels to their islands of banishment - Michel's New Caledonia in the South Pacific, Dinuzulu's St Helena in the South Atlantic, and Shternberg's Sakhalin off the Siberian coast - in a bid to understand how exile shaped them and the people among whom they were exiled. In doing so he illuminates the solidarities that emerged between the exiled subject, on the one hand, and the colonised subject, on the other. Rendering these figures and the places they were forced to occupy in shimmering detail, Atkins reveals deeply human truths about displacement, colonialism and what it means to have and to lose a home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOccupying the fertile zone where history, biography and travel writing meet, \u003ci\u003eExiles\u003c\/i\u003e is a masterpiece of imaginative empathy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'[Atkins] is humane, humble, and empathetic . beautiful and moving.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eILYA KAMINSKY\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eDeaf Republic \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eDancing in Odessa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An incredible, brilliant act of retrieval.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePHILIP HOARE\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eAlbert \u0026amp; the Whale\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A finely crafted and lyrical meditation.' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTLS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Gracefully written . Brilliant.' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTHE ECONOMIST\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e'Rarely has a book been more timely.' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHISTORY TODAY\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRead \u003ci\u003eThe Moor \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Immeasureable World \u003c\/i\u003efor more award-winning writing from William Atkins\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40892274475105,"sku":"9780571352999","price":11.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_36364319.jpg?v=1759449435","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780571352999-exiles","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}