Navigatio tells the story of saint brendan of clonfert, a sixth century monk and adventurer, and his legendary quest for the isle of the blessed via a gauntlet of monsters, devils, angels, prophets and beautiful maidens. The first extensive survey of contemporary travel writing, tourists with typewriters offers a series of challenging and provocative critical insights into a wide range of travel narratives written in english after the second world war. Patrick holland is an australian novelist and short story writer who grew up in outback australia doing horse work for local station owners. Derived from an ancient text called the navigatio, patrick hollands novella is a retelling of the legendary voyage of st brendan of clonfert. Navigatio by patrick holland hardcover book for sale. Navigatio by patrick holland hardback, 2014 for sale. Part myth, part confabulation, hollands spare prose takes us on a voyage to the outer isles of consciousness.
Patrick holland is the most successful young australian writer youve probably never heard of. Patrick holland grew up in outback queensland, australia. Navigatio hardcover november 1, 2014 by patrick holland author, junko azukawa illustrator 3. Lewis 1891 an elementary latin dictionary, new york. Patrick holland has taken a 1600yearold mythic tale and turned it into a fable of. Its a wink of irony and witchery in this strange, beautiful book that. Navigatio is the story of saint brendan of clonfert and his legendary search for the isle of the blessed. Fishpond australia, navigatio by patrick holland junko azukawa illustrated buy.
He has made the simple story of st brendan and his voyage in search of the island of the blessed into a recapitulation of the verities that lie. Patrick holland author event by avid reader bookshop issuu. Patrick hollands navigatio a trip through mythology. Patrick holland author patrick holland is an australian novelist and short story writer who grew up in outback australia doing horse work for local station owners. Irish immram flourished during the seventh and eighth centuries. Derived from an ancient text called the navigatio, patrick hollands novella is a retelling of the legendary voyage of st brendan of clonfert, and it. Navigatio by patrick holland, 9781921924774, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. The religious nature of this premise offers holland a degree of freedom from historical realism, and the oceanic regions explored by brendan are thereby conceived as a realm of mythic and apocalyptic imagination. This is a free downloadable power point presentation of the celestial navigation course, in eight sessions of three hours, will help instructors teach the subject.
At one point in navigatio our heroic monk, brendan of clonfert, takes a slim volume from the shelf of an old soldiers home and says, that book was about a monk who set sail for a place that was beyond maps and which he could not properly name. He has published three novels, a volume of short stories and a collection of essays about asia. Derived from an ancient text called the navigatio, patrick holland s novella is a retelling of the legendary voyage of st brendan of clonfert, and it follow. The age my receiving a hardback copy of this novel from transit lounge did not impact the expression of my.
Australian novelist patrick holland reimagines the brendan voyage in his 2014 novel navigatio. With the poise and economy of expression of a zen buddhist koan, navigatio explores the worldly and metaphysical searchings of st brendan of clonfert, a sixthcentury christian monk who braves wild seas and uncertain horizons in a quest for a legendary earthly paradise. He is an assistant professor of humanities and creative writing at hong kong baptist university. Buy navigatio book online at best prices in india on. An atmospheric literary thriller, it tells the story of a foreign journalist living in saigon who, shortly after reporting on a murdered girl washed up in saigon river, is approached by a foreigner describing a brothel known as. His novel, the mary smokes boys transit lounge, 2010, tells the story of a band of young disenfranchised horse thieves and the young sister of one of them. In his fifth book, queensland writer patrick holland takes us back to the sixth century and invites us to reflect on the meaning of lifes journey. Join james cowan and me for the launch of navigatio on the 30th of october. Typically, an immram was a seavoyage in which a hero. That will knock the conviction that youre a wonderful. Discover book depositorys huge selection of patrick holland books online.
Easily share your publications and get them in front of issuus. The book focuses in particular on contemporary travel writers such as jan morris, peter matthiessen, v. Navigatio tells the story of saint brendan of clonfert, a sixth century. Derived from an ancient text called the navigatio, patrick holland s novella is a retelling of the legendary voyage of st brendan of clonfert, and it follows the form of the irish immram.
Patrick holland is the awardwinning author of the source of the sound, the mary smokes boys, riding the trains in japanand the darkest little room. His novel, the mary smokes boys transit lounge, 2010, tells the story of a band of young disenfranchised horse thieves and the young sister of. From the awardwinning author of the mary smokes boys, one is a novel of. Patrick holland trims his own sails in story of sixth. Patrick holland, author of navigatio, answers ten terrifying. P atrick holland s navigatio tells the story of saint brendan, a monk in earlychristian ireland who embarks on a seabound pilgrimage. The novel won the christianity and literature book award for belleslettres in. In this regard, navigatio is able to exceed the sometimes mannered modernism of its literary text, and positions itself more convincingly as a work of postmodern imagination. Patrick holland is an australian novelist and short story writer who grew up in. Lewis and charles short 1879 a latin dictionary, oxford.
Derived from an ancient text called the navigatio, patrick hollands novella is a retelling of the legendary voyage of st brendan of clonfert, and it follows the form of the irish immram. Europe, usa, canada and latin america, asiapacific. The monks would take a book and transcribe it, add a bit and pass it around. Brendans battles with the sea and the cosmos bear out what william faulkner once called the human heart in conflict with itself. Navigatio by patrick holland meet your next favorite book. He worked as a stockman until taking up literary studies at griffith university.
At one point in navigatio our heroic monk, brendan of clonfert, takes a slim volume from the shelf of an old soldiers home and says, that book. This unusual novella is a stellar example of the challenging and unique work coming out of our local literary scene. Navigatio by patrick holland perhaps the least weighty and certainly the lightesthearted story in this collection of longish stories, slow burn was the one that made me laugh the most, with the. Patrick holland is the awardwinning author of the source of the sound, the mary smokes boys. American author and theologian frederick buechner retold the life of brendan the navigator in his 1987 novel, brendan. Free celestial navigation powerpoint presentation for instructors. Patricks holland s haunting new novel arises from his experiences in indochina. Navigatio, patrick holland junko azukawa illustrated. Michael mcgirr, author of things you get for free and bypass. For navigatio holland drew on the spirit of medieval scholarship in which manuscripts are not an ossified statement of a genius as we take today but rather an organic investigation. One by patrick holland reading notes transit lounge. Issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online. For navigatio on closing the book i did feel i had experienced something true and strange. From the awardwinning author of the mary smokes boys, one is a.
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