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“Schalansky is a designer to trade, and this book is an extraordinary testament to her skill – very plain, bold colours, printed in black, blue and orange ink, it takes the reader through a personal library of remote islands that really are remote – the likes of Bouvet island, where there was a nuclear bomb tested that almost went unnoticed, or even Juan Fernandez, where Selkirk was marooned. Each island gets a new map and has an accompanying text. To be honest, to my mind the accompanying texts are a little hit-and-miss in terms of their appeal, but the map images are so gorgeous that the pleasure of flicking through the book isn’t impacted at all.” Read more...
Gavin Francis, Travel Writer
