Seven tenths: the sea and its...: The Sea and Its Thresholds - Softcover

Hamilton-Paterson, James

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1933372699 ISBN 13: 9781933372693

Verlag: Europa Editions, 2013

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Book by HamiltonPaterson James

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Críticas:

"The kind of book that, were he alive now, Shelley might have written."
-Charles Sprawson

"Hamilton-Paterson's hallucinogenic narrative brings to mind both Coleridge and Borges."
- Cristopher Hirst

"Personal, quirky, scientific, and poetical by turns-The Songlines of the sea."
-Daily Telegraph (UK)

"[Hamilton-Paterson] logs the destruction of the last wilderness and its place in the imagination with the intense vision of an angry Thoreau."
-Observer (UK)

"Should be required reading for the decision makers of every maritime nation."
- The New York Times Book Review

"Under the sparkle and often superb imagery lie austere Conradian depths."
- Sunday Telegraph (UK)

"Not since Rachel Carson have I heard such eloquence, such passion for the sea and everything it means to us."
-The New York Review of Books

Reseña del editor:

Presents a collection of essays that cover various aspects of the ocean, including sailing charts, islands, shipwrecks, and burial at sea.

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• Verlag: Europa Editions
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1933372699
• ISBN 13: 9781933372693
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 406