Tom Blass

The Naked Shore (eBook, ePUB)

Of the North Sea

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Saturnine and quick-tempered, the formidable North Sea is often overlooked - even by those living within a stone's throw of its steel-grey waters. But as playground, theatre of war and cultural crossing-point, it has shaped the world in myriad ways, forged villains and heroes, and determined the fates of nations.

It's not all grim, though: the seaside holiday was born on North Sea beaches, and artists, poets and writers have been as equally inspired by glinting sun on the wave-tops as they have the drama of a winter storm.

With a wry eye and a warm coat, Tom Blass travels the edges of the North Sea meeting fishermen, artists, bomb disposal experts, burgermeisters - and those who have found themselves flung to the sea's perimeters quite by chance. In doing so he attempts to piece together its manifold histories and to reveal truths, half-truths and fictions otherwise submerged...

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Januar 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781408834022
• Artikelnr.: 44472289

Autorenporträt

Tom Blass studied anthropology, law and politics, and has earned has living as a journalist and editor specialising in issues relating to business, law, human rights and foreign policy. He lives with his family in Hastings.

Rezensionen

Tom Blass's The Naked Shore is a wonderfully bracing journey around the North Sea. His gaze misses nothing, and his robust prose glitters with story and lore and surprise Philip Marsden, author of 'Rising Ground'