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"Vivid accounts o the hardships of marathon horse-riding, as well as the pleasures of Argentine asado and mate. . . Rhys's black-and-white landscapes possess a stark beauty." -- Publishers Weekly "Publishers Weekly"
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Patagonia has long intrigued many an intrepid traveller, particularly the Welsh, who flock to this area of South America to trace the footsteps of their ancestors, founders of a Welsh speaking colony in the area back in 1865, which still survives to this day. Hollywood actor and Welshman Matthew Rhys, is one such traveller. Patagonia is a photographic account of his month-long journey on horseback from the Atlantic to the Andes. His co-riders were all descendants of the 30 Welsh-speakers who had made the same gruelling journey 125 years ago. Evocative black-and-white photography features throughout, along with extended captions for each of the 90 images. Penned by Matthew Rhys, these provide the reader with first-hand insight into the demands of the trek and an overview of the lives of his fellow travellers. The author's introduction also provides the journey's historical context, and reminds the reader of the pioneering courage of those Welshmen who originally established the Welsh colony in Patagonia.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This was an excellent book!! Especially as my daughter and I have done the same trip, backpacking our way across. Its a beautiful, easy to read souvenir of that amazing trip!! The only thing I would say, its a shame it wasn't in colour.
6 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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It's Matthew Rhys, ('Brothers and Sisters', 'House of America', 'Sorted' actor), talking of his travel through a Welsh speaking area of S. America, Pantagonia.
I confess I read it one night for a bedtime read - mistake, as the book is huge and hardcover to boot. Obviously made it awkward to turn the pages since you're lying down. But I only meant to read a page or two, (which would had been easy to do as the pages mainly consisted of a couple of paragraphs anyway). However, honestly, I found myself not being able to put the book down. That really surprised me as I thought it might be like one of those pompous travel books that I've often skimmed through before, where the author tries desperately to make cider, wine, with their flowery talk. But Matthew didn't write it like that. It's a nice read - like you were there. I could say it's a little dramatic but that's good.
Opening the book up, you have to pass an olde worlde style map, acknowledgements, contents, foreword, introductions and photos, (approx 26 pages in total), before you get to page one!
Oddly you can feel the drama of the events he wrote about through the book because of its layout. Photographs are dispersed throughout, all in black and white - of course. They're very good and very arty which I suppose was the point.
The book had every English text available in Welsh. I like that.
In between pages containing text there are more photos and plain papers usually with one word, depicting a title.
To be honest I wasn't all that impressed with the idea that a little community in S.America spoke Welsh and was seemingly proud of it's Welsh roots. The reason perhaps could be summed up in one word - colonialism. For many that doesn't drum up pictures of adventures and exciting explorations. If you push that to one side however, you can lose yourself in the romanticism of it all through the book.
It could be that Matthew had scrawled plenty of notes and perhaps some ghost writer 'tidied' it up as it were and wrote the book, but for some reason I really do have the feeling it was written by him. It was that real.
Anyway, the book is brilliant!
So buy.
I confess I read it one night for a bedtime read - mistake, as the book is huge and hardcover to boot. Obviously made it awkward to turn the pages since you're lying down. But I only meant to read a page or two, (which would had been easy to do as the pages mainly consisted of a couple of paragraphs anyway). However, honestly, I found myself not being able to put the book down. That really surprised me as I thought it might be like one of those pompous travel books that I've often skimmed through before, where the author tries desperately to make cider, wine, with their flowery talk. But Matthew didn't write it like that. It's a nice read - like you were there. I could say it's a little dramatic but that's good.
Opening the book up, you have to pass an olde worlde style map, acknowledgements, contents, foreword, introductions and photos, (approx 26 pages in total), before you get to page one!
Oddly you can feel the drama of the events he wrote about through the book because of its layout. Photographs are dispersed throughout, all in black and white - of course. They're very good and very arty which I suppose was the point.
The book had every English text available in Welsh. I like that.
In between pages containing text there are more photos and plain papers usually with one word, depicting a title.
To be honest I wasn't all that impressed with the idea that a little community in S.America spoke Welsh and was seemingly proud of it's Welsh roots. The reason perhaps could be summed up in one word - colonialism. For many that doesn't drum up pictures of adventures and exciting explorations. If you push that to one side however, you can lose yourself in the romanticism of it all through the book.
It could be that Matthew had scrawled plenty of notes and perhaps some ghost writer 'tidied' it up as it were and wrote the book, but for some reason I really do have the feeling it was written by him. It was that real.
Anyway, the book is brilliant!
So buy.
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It may be aimed at a small market, but the photos are great and the book is well printed and bound. The biligual Welsh/English format works well.
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