Connemara: Listening to the Wind
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| Rating | : | 4.40 (598 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1844880664 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 448 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-03-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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"One of the greatest books I've ever read" according to Neopi. Fabulous in every way,a true masterpiece. Makes Ireland and its rich and deep history come alive!!! Just brilliant!. Anne Thompson said Amazing Book. This is one of the most beautifully written prose pieces I have ever read. Robinson is up there with the greats of all the centuries. His sentences are delicate and at times almost painfully beautiful. The images and stories that he crafts leave you feeling almost breathless. I've had the privilege of visiting Connemara and I must say that this styl. "I believe W.G. Sebald is a better comparison than Thoreau" according to read__sf. Initially, one might have the impression that Tim Robinson is a nature writer. I understand this viewpoint, as one can become immersed in the various viewpoints explored by the author: history, geology, botany, archaeology, ecology, topography, folklore, etc. You certainly can use these books as a deep travel guide to Connemara. However, I believe W
(Joseph O'Connor, Guardian). It was chosen as a book of the year by Iain Sinclair, Robert Macfarlane and Colm Toibin. Tim Robinson, who established himself as Ireland's most brilliant living non-fiction writer with the two-volume Stones of Aran, moved from Aran to Connemara nearly twenty years ago. In its landscape, history and folklore, Connemara is a singular region: ill-defined geographically, and yet unmistakably a place apart from the rest of Ireland. "One of contemporary Ireland's finest literary stylists". (Giles Foden, Conde Nast Traveller). His books include the celebrated two-volume Stones of Aran. Since 1984 he has lived in Roundstone, Conne
His books include the celebrated two-volume Stones of Aran. Since 1984 he has lived in Roundstone, Connemara. A native of Yorkshire, Tim Robinson moved to the Aran Islands in 1972.
-- Robert Macfarlane Guardian . Few have succeeded as fully as Robinson. Many landscape writers have striven to give their prose the characteristics of the terrain they are describing