Sea Room: An Island Life - Couverture souple

Nicolson, Adam

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0006532012 ISBN 13 : 9780006532019

Editeur : HarperCollins, 2004

Synopsis

Sea Room Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be given your own remote islands? Thirty years ago it happened to Adam Nicolson. Full description

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

In 1937, Adam Nicolson's father answered a newspaper ad—"Uninhabited islands for sale. Outer Hebrides, 600 acres. . . . Puffins and seals. Apply."—and thus found the Shiants. With a name meaning "holy or enchanted islands," the Shiants for millennia were a haven for those seeking solitude, but their rich, sometimes violent history of human habitation includes much more. When he was twenty-one, Nicolson inherited this almost indescribably beautiful property: a landscape, soaked in centuries-old tales of restless ghosts and Bronze Age gold, that cradles the heritage of a once-vibrant world of farmers and fishermen.

In Sea Room, Nicolson describes and relives his love affair with the three tiny islands and their strange and colorful history in passionate, keenly precise prose—sharing with us the greatest gift an island bestows on its inhabitants: a deep engagement with the natural world.

Biographie de l'auteur

Adam Nicols on is the author of Seamanship, God's Secretaries, and Seize the Fire. He has won both the Somerset Maugham and William Heinemann awards, and he lives with his family at Sissinghurst Castle in England.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: HarperCollins
• Date d'édition: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0006532012
• ISBN 13: 9780006532019
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 400