This Other Eden

Resumen del libro

This Other Eden tells the story of Apple Island: an enclave off the coast of the United States where waves of castaways - in flight from society and its judgment - have landed and built a home. Benjamin Honey- American, Bantu, Igbo- born enslaved- freed or fled at fifteen- aspiring orchardist, arrived on the island with his Irish wife, Patience, and discovered they could make a life together there. More than a century later, the Honeys' descendants remain, with an eccentric, diverse band of neighbours.

Then comes the intrusion of 'civilization': officials determine to 'cleanse' the island, and a missionary schoolteacher selects one light-skinned boy to save. The rest will succumb to the authorities' institutions or cast themselves on the waters in a new Noah's Ark. Full of lyricism and power, Paul Harding's This Other Eden explores the hopes and dreams and resilience of those seen not to fit a world brutally intolerant of difference.

Biografía del autor

Como escritor y fotógrafo, Paul Harding lleva dos décadas viajando por el mundo, interesándose por los lugares y las culturas más remotas y apartadas. Es autor y colaborador de más de 50 títulos de Lonely Planet de países y regiones tan diversos como la India, Islandia, Belice, Vanuatu, Irán, Indonesia, Nueva Zelanda, Finlandia y x{0026} x02013;su tierra natalx{0026} x02013; Australia.