Running with Pirates
On Freedom, Adventure, and Fathers and Sons
Published on 30. July 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-0-7022-6870-0 (ISBN)
Description
A Greek island adventure shapes a father's understanding of freedom and family.
At eighteen, Kári Gíslason arrives in Corfu after a life-altering encounter. Offered work by 'the Pirate, ' he soon flees, promising to repay a debt.
Three decades later, Kári returns with his teenage sons, revisiting memories and understanding how Corfu shaped him. Running with Pirates explores parenthood, youth, and the stories we tell. For readers seeking travel memoirs with heart.
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Language
English
Place of publication
St Lucia
Australia
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 226 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
259 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7022-6870-0 (9780702268700)
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Ká ri Gí slason is a writer and academic who teaches creative writing and literary studies at QUT. He is the author of The Promise of Iceland (UQP, 2011), which told the story of return journeys he's made to his birthplace, and the novels The Ash Burner (UQP, 2015) and The Sorrow Stone (UQP, 2022). He is also the co-author, with Richard Fidler, of Saga Land (HarperCollins, 2017), and has written works of travel journalism, essays, reviews and radio scripts.