Islander (A Journey Around Our Archipelago)
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Product Details
Author:
Patrick Barkham
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
368
Publisher:
Granta Publications (May 3, 2018)
Language:
English
Audience:
General/trade
ISBN-13:
9781783781904
ISBN-10:
1783781904
Dimensions:
5" x 7.8"
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PGW
List Price:
$12.99
Case Pack:
48
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Publisher Identifier:
P-PER
Discount Code:
C
Pub Discount:
60
Weight:
9.6oz
Imprint:
Granta Books
Overview
Winner of the National Geographic Reader's Award 2018
Shortlisted for the Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year 2018
Shortlisted for the BBC Countryfile Magazine Country Book of the Year 2018
'For all the islomaniacs out there, Patrick Barkham's Islander looks unmissable' Robert Macfarlane
'Brimming with nature, this is a fitting tribute to the strangeness and beauty of our British isles' Financial Times
'Islander is a charming and attractive book... his shrewd study of the islander mentality [...] could stand for the entire country' Spectator
The British Isles are an archipelago made up of two large islands and 6,289 smaller ones. Some, like the Isle of Man, resemble miniature nations, with their own language and tax laws; others, like Ray Island in Essex, are abandoned and mysterious places haunted by myths, ghosts and foxes. There are resurgent islands such as Eigg, which have been liberated from capricious owners to be run by their residents; holy islands like Bardsey, the resting place of 20,000 saints, and still a site of spiritual questing; and deserted islands such as St Kilda, famed for the evacuation of its human population, and now dominated by wild sheep and seabirds.
In this evocative and vividly observed book, Patrick Barkham explores some of the most beautiful landscapes in the British Isles as he travels to ever-smaller islands in search of their special magic. Our small islands are both places of freedom and imprisonment, party destinations and oases of peace, strangely suburban and deeply wild. They are places where the past is unusually present, but they can also offer a vision of an alternative future. Meeting all kinds of islanders, from nuns to puffins, from local legends to rare subspecies of vole, he seeks to discover what it is like to live on a small island, and what it means to be an islander.
Shortlisted for the Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year 2018
Shortlisted for the BBC Countryfile Magazine Country Book of the Year 2018
'For all the islomaniacs out there, Patrick Barkham's Islander looks unmissable' Robert Macfarlane
'Brimming with nature, this is a fitting tribute to the strangeness and beauty of our British isles' Financial Times
'Islander is a charming and attractive book... his shrewd study of the islander mentality [...] could stand for the entire country' Spectator
The British Isles are an archipelago made up of two large islands and 6,289 smaller ones. Some, like the Isle of Man, resemble miniature nations, with their own language and tax laws; others, like Ray Island in Essex, are abandoned and mysterious places haunted by myths, ghosts and foxes. There are resurgent islands such as Eigg, which have been liberated from capricious owners to be run by their residents; holy islands like Bardsey, the resting place of 20,000 saints, and still a site of spiritual questing; and deserted islands such as St Kilda, famed for the evacuation of its human population, and now dominated by wild sheep and seabirds.
In this evocative and vividly observed book, Patrick Barkham explores some of the most beautiful landscapes in the British Isles as he travels to ever-smaller islands in search of their special magic. Our small islands are both places of freedom and imprisonment, party destinations and oases of peace, strangely suburban and deeply wild. They are places where the past is unusually present, but they can also offer a vision of an alternative future. Meeting all kinds of islanders, from nuns to puffins, from local legends to rare subspecies of vole, he seeks to discover what it is like to live on a small island, and what it means to be an islander.
