Stones of Aran

Pilgrimage

Tom Robbins (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

432 Seiten

2008 | Main
Faber & Faber (Verlag)
978-0-571-24104-0 (ISBN)

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Stones of Aran: Pilgrimage is, as Robert Macfarlane says in his introduction, 'one of the most sustained, intensive and imaginative studies of a place that has ever been carried out'. That place is one of the most mysterious and oldest inhabited landscapes in the world, the islands of Aran off the west coast of Ireland.

Tim Robinson's epic exploration of the desolate, storm-lashed, limestone rocks, which have already haunted generations of Irish writers, takes the form of a clockwise journey around the coast. Every cliff, inlet and headland reveals layers of myth and historical memory, and Robinson makes beautifully crafted observations about the habits of birds, plants and the humans who lived there and endured, leaving records in stone - on the walls, cairns and ancient forts - in story and in oral tradition.

Tim Robinson was born in Yorkshire and has made his home in the far west of Ireland since 1972. He is a writer, mathematician and mapmaker.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	13.11.2008
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	134 x 215 mm
Gewicht	410 g
Themenwelt	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Europa
ISBN-10	0-571-24104-2 / 0571241042
ISBN-13	978-0-571-24104-0 / 9780571241040
Zustand	Neuware