# An Unexpected Light

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- Book: [An Unexpected Light](https://www.bookquiver.com/jason-elliot/an-unexpected-light) ([An Unexpected Light.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/jason-elliot/an-unexpected-light.md))
- Authors: [Jason Elliot](https://www.bookquiver.com/jason-elliot)
- Publisher: picador
- ISBN: 978-03-3037-162-9
- Pages: 496
- Published: 2007-07-20
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

'What raises the book to the level of a classic is its intensely personal meditation on the magic of unplanned adventure, of the pain and pleasure of pushing into the unknown. The whole book, like Elliot’s travels themselves, operated on this heightened level.