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This âexuberant travel and cultural anthologyâ by the National Book Awardâwinning author âbrings each setting to life with a perceptive eyeâ (Booklist, starred review). Â Best known for his sweeping political novels, including the Pulitzer Prize finalist, The Woman Who Lost Her Soul, Bob Shacochis began his career as a journalist and contributing editor for Outside magazine and Harperâs. Kingdoms in the Air brings together the very best of Shacochisâs culture and travel essays in a collection that spans his global adventures and passions; from Kathmandu to Mozambique, from his love of surfing to his obsession with the South American dorado. Â In the titular essay âKingdoms,â the longest work in the collection, Shacochis ventures to Nepal with his friend, the photographer Thomas Laird, who was the first foreigner to live in Nepalâs Kingdom of Mustang as the forbidden Shangri-La prepared to open its borders to trekkers and trade. Replete with Shacochisâs swagger, humor, and wisdom, Kingdoms in the Air is an essential collection of travel writing by an author who âhas extended his knowledge and imagination into places most of us have never venturedâ (Washington Post). |
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