Here is Connemara, experienced at a walker's pace. From cartographer Robinson comes the second title in the Seedbank series, a breathtakingly intimate exploration of one beloved place's geography, ecology, and history. "Exceptional...A book about one place which is also about the whole world."--Robert MacFarlane.lane.
Here is Connemara, experienced at a walker's pace. From cartographer Robinson comes the second title in the Seedbank series, a breathtakingly intimate exploration of one beloved place's geography, ecology, and history. "Exceptional...A book about one place which is also about the whole world."--Robert MacFarlane.lane.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
A cartographer and writer, Tim Robinson studied mathematics at Cambridge and then worked for many years as a teacher and visual artist in Istanbul, Vienna and London, among other places. In 1972 he moved to the Aran Islands. In 1986 his first book, Stones of Aran: Pilgrimage, was published to great acclaim. The second volume of Stones of Aran, subtitled Labyrinth , appeared in 1995. He has also published collections of essays and maps of the Aran Islands, the Burren, and Connemara. Connemara: Listening to the Wind, first published in 2006, won the Irish Book Award for Nonfiction. Robinson divides his time between London and Roundstone, Connemara.
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Contents Author's Note Map of Connemara Preface: The Sound of the Past and the Moment of Writing Scailp Dead Man's Grave and Halfway House Superincumbent Intellect The Last of the Turf Climbing Errisbeg Murvey 1. and a note on Costa del Sod The Boneyard Ogygia Lost Holiday Island The Wind Through the House The Neighbours Forgotten Roundstone 2. Smugglers and Asylum Seekers 3. Nimmo and His Brothers 4. A Cure of Souls 5. The Cold of Charity 6. The Robinson Era Dinner at Letterdyfe Inis Ní in Winter The Catchment Tales to Lengthen the Road The Demesne The Masters of Ballynahinch 7. The Island 8. Dick Martin Rules 9. Romance and Ruin 10. The Reckoning 11. The Sportsmen Walking the Skyline The Cuckoo of the Wood Glass, Marble, Steam, Fire Curse and Blessing Bibliography Sources Index
Contents Author's Note Map of Connemara Preface: The Sound of the Past and the Moment of Writing Scailp Dead Man's Grave and Halfway House Superincumbent Intellect The Last of the Turf Climbing Errisbeg Murvey 1. and a note on Costa del Sod The Boneyard Ogygia Lost Holiday Island The Wind Through the House The Neighbours Forgotten Roundstone 2. Smugglers and Asylum Seekers 3. Nimmo and His Brothers 4. A Cure of Souls 5. The Cold of Charity 6. The Robinson Era Dinner at Letterdyfe Inis Ní in Winter The Catchment Tales to Lengthen the Road The Demesne The Masters of Ballynahinch 7. The Island 8. Dick Martin Rules 9. Romance and Ruin 10. The Reckoning 11. The Sportsmen Walking the Skyline The Cuckoo of the Wood Glass, Marble, Steam, Fire Curse and Blessing Bibliography Sources Index
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