--- product_id: 96225086 title: "Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life (Pulitzer Prize Winner)" price: "163.67 DT" currency: TND in_stock: true reviews_count: 10 url: https://www.desertcart.tn/products/96225086-barbarian-days-a-surfing-life-pulitzer-prize-winner store_origin: TN region: Tunisia --- # Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life (Pulitzer Prize Winner) **Price:** 163.67 DT **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life (Pulitzer Prize Winner) - **How much does it cost?** 163.67 DT with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.tn](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/96225086-barbarian-days-a-surfing-life-pulitzer-prize-winner) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description **Winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Autobiography** Included in President Obama’s 2016 Summer Reading List “Without a doubt, the finest surf book I’ve ever read . . . ” —The New York Times Magazine Barbarian Days is William Finnegan’s memoir of an obsession, a complex enchantment. Surfing only looks like a sport. To initiates, it is something else: a beautiful addiction, a demanding course of study, a morally dangerous pastime, a way of life. Raised in California and Hawaii, Finnegan started surfing as a child. He has chased waves all over the world, wandering for years through the South Pacific, Australia, Asia, Africa. A bookish boy, and then an excessively adventurous young man, he went on to become a distinguished writer and war reporter. Barbarian Days takes us deep into unfamiliar worlds, some of them right under our noses—off the coasts of New York and San Francisco. It immerses the reader in the edgy camaraderie of close male friendships forged in challenging waves. Finnegan shares stories of life in a whites-only gang in a tough school in Honolulu. He shows us a world turned upside down for kids and adults alike by the social upheavals of the 1960s. He details the intricacies of famous waves and his own apprenticeships to them. Youthful folly—he drops LSD while riding huge Honolua Bay, on Maui—is served up with rueful humor. As Finnegan’s travels take him ever farther afield, he discovers the picturesque simplicity of a Samoan fishing village, dissects the sexual politics of Tongan interactions with Americans and Japanese, and navigates the Indonesian black market while nearly succumbing to malaria. Throughout, he surfs, carrying readers with him on rides of harrowing, unprecedented lucidity. Barbarian Days is an old-school adventure story, an intellectual autobiography, a social history, a literary road movie, and an extraordinary exploration of the gradual mastering of an exacting, little-understood art. Review: Surfs up! - oh what a beautiful language english can be if written by a an author as such. I have been surfing in a little town called Mahabalipuram , India for the last 5 years. And i have done some crazy mad stuff since my surfing life too over and therefore i could relate to this book so well. Williams madness for surfing a teenager and as an adult is portrayed so beautifully. Loved the nomadic Journey he embarked upon, which seemed like a deja vu in many sorts for me. But what stands out is the language. So well written. Review: parts of the story reminded me of surfing around Australia when I was young in 1979-81 - Very erudite & eloquent for a surf addict, author's words captured the experience, danger and fear of surfing big waves, even is 100% comprehensible for non surfers! ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #222,509 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #2 in Surfing, Windsurfing & Water Skiing (Books) #201 in Active & Outdoor #617 in Travel & Holiday Guides (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 10,653 Reviews | ## Images ![Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life (Pulitzer Prize Winner) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81fw-ZnS2hL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Surfs up! *by E***N on 23 September 2018* oh what a beautiful language english can be if written by a an author as such. I have been surfing in a little town called Mahabalipuram , India for the last 5 years. And i have done some crazy mad stuff since my surfing life too over and therefore i could relate to this book so well. Williams madness for surfing a teenager and as an adult is portrayed so beautifully. Loved the nomadic Journey he embarked upon, which seemed like a deja vu in many sorts for me. But what stands out is the language. So well written. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ parts of the story reminded me of surfing around Australia when I was young in 1979-81 *by T***N on 14 April 2019* Very erudite & eloquent for a surf addict, author's words captured the experience, danger and fear of surfing big waves, even is 100% comprehensible for non surfers! ### ⭐⭐⭐ An average read. *by P***H on 18 July 2021* Not great, just surfing only. Maybe due to my lack of knowledge of the sport, didn't found it inspiring. ## Frequently Bought Together - Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life (Pulitzer Prize Winner) - In Search of Captain Zero: A Surfer's Road Trip Beyond the End of the Road - Eddie Would Go --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.tn/products/96225086-barbarian-days-a-surfing-life-pulitzer-prize-winner](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/96225086-barbarian-days-a-surfing-life-pulitzer-prize-winner) --- *Product available on Desertcart Tunisia* *Store origin: TN* *Last updated: 2026-08-07*