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Sea Room: An Island Life in the Hebrides - Couverture souple

Nicolson, Adam

 
9780061238826: Sea Room: An Island Life in the Hebrides
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0061238821 ISBN 13 : 9780061238826
Editeur : Harper Perennial, 2007

Synopsis

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.

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À propos 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.

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Éditeur
Harper Perennial
Date d'édition
2007
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0061238821
ISBN 13 
9780061238826
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
416
Coordonnées du fabricant
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