Belonging (eBook)

Natural histories of place, identity and home

Amanda Thomson (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2022 | Main
320 Seiten
Canongate Books (Verlag)
978-1-83885-473-7 (ISBN)

Infos

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITING 2023LONGLISTED FOR THE KAVYA PRIZE 2024LONGLISTED FOR THE HIGHLAND BOOK PRIZE 2022Reflecting on family, identity and nature, belonging is a personal memoir about what it is to have and make a home. It is a love letter to nature, especially the northern landscapes of Scotland and the Scots pinewoods of Abernethy.Beautifully written and featuring Amanda Thomson's artwork and photography throughout, it explores how place, language and family shape us and make us who we are. It is a book about how we are held in thrall to elements of our past. It speaks to the importance of attention and reflection, and will encourage us all to look and observe and ask questions of ourselves.

Autor

Amanda Thomson is a Scottish writer and visual artist, and a lecturer at the Glasgow School of Art. Her first book, A Scots Dictionary of Nature, was published in 2018. She has spoken at many book festivals and had her work published in Antlers of Water, Willowherb Review, The Wild Isles, Gifts of Gravity and Light and the Guardian. She lives and works in Strathspey in the Scottish Highlands and Glasgow. @passingplace | passingplace.com

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.8.2022
• Zusatzinfo: integrated B&W images
• Verlagsort: Edinburgh
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Schlagworte: ART • Artist • Creativity • Family history • forests • Home • hybrid • Identity • LGBTQ • Memoirs • Memory • Nature • Nature writing • Place • Racism • Scotland • Wainwright Prize
• ISBN-10: 1-83885-473-8 / 1838854738
• ISBN-13: 978-1-83885-473-7 / 9781838854737