Yet Being Someone Other

Name: Yet Being Someone Other
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9780099429852
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By Sir Laurens Van Der Post

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Yet Being Someone Other is Sir Laurens Van Der Post's most revealing and far-reaching work, distilling the profound experiences that shaped his extraordinary life and unique imagination. This autobiographical memoir explores not only his personal journey but meditates on the significance of ships and the sea in his life and the modern world.
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Ideal for readers of autobiographies and memoirs who appreciate reflective life stories intertwined with thoughtful meditations on culture and history.

Yet Being Someone Other is the most revealing book that Laurens van der Post wrote about his extraordinary and eventful life, and the most far-reaching; it is a distillation of the experiences that have moved him at the deepest level of the imagination and made him the exceptional person and writer he was.

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Yet Being Someone Other is the most revealing book that Laurens van der Post wrote about his extraordinary and eventful life, and the most far-reaching. It is a distillation of the experiences that have moved him at the deepest level of the imagination and made him the exceptional person and writer he was.

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Christopher Booker of The Times praises the book as "the most unusual and unplaceable" among Van Der Post's works, recognising its deep autobiographical nature alongside its broader meditative qualities on the influence of maritime life.

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ISBN: 9780099429852

Publisher: Vintage Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 06 June 2002

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Vintage Classics

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 246g

Pages: 352

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About the Author

Laurens van der Post was born in Africa in 1906. Most of his adult life was spent his time divided between Africa and England. His professions of writer and farmer were interrupted by ten years in the army, behind enemy lines in Abyssinia, the Western Desert and the Far East where he was taken prisoner by the Japanese while commanding a small guerrilla unit. He went straight from prison back to active service in Java. He was awarded the CBE for his services in the field.

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