Synopses & Reviews
Review
"In Millman's harsh North, the stark beauty of the last places lingers."
Boston Globe
"This is a fascinating, powerful, beautiful book. Millman's a genius." -- Annie Dillard
Synopsis
A classic of northern exploration and adventure, LAST PLACES is Lawrence Millman's marvelously told account of his journey along the ancient Viking sea routes that extend from Norway to Newfoundland. Traveling through landscapes of transcendent desolation, Millman wandered by way of the Shetland Islands, the Faeroes, Iceland, Greenland, and Labrador. His way was marked by surprising human encounters--with a convicted murderer in Reykjavik, an Inuit hermit in Greenland, an Icelandic guide who leads him to a place called Hell, and a Newfoundlander who warns him about the local variant of the Abominable Snowman. By turns earthy and lyrical, LAST PLACES is an ebullient celebration of the exotic North.
Table of Contents
Account of author's experiences following Vikings' route from Norway to Newfoundland, via Shetland and Faroe islands, Iceland, Greenland and Labrador. Popular travel book.