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The Naked Shore: Of the North Sea - Couverture souple

Blass, Tom

 
9781408834039: The Naked Shore: Of the North Sea
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1408834030 ISBN 13 : 9781408834039
Editeur : Bloomsbury Paperbacks, 2017

Synopsis

A love letter to the North Sea, Tom Blass's captivating memoir of his travels around its shores stretches from the fishermen trawling its depths to the international battles waged on its surface, and gives an incredible history that stretches from an ancient past to the uncertain future

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À propos de l'auteur

Tom Blass studied anthropology, law and politics, and has earned has living as a journalist and editor specialising in issues relating to business, law, human rights and foreign policy. He lives with his family in Hastings.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

Saturnine and quick-tempered, the formidable North Sea is often overlooked - even by those living within a stone's throw of its steel-grey waters. But as playground, theatre of war and cultural crossing-point, it has shaped the world in myriad ways, forged villains and heroes, and determined the fates of nations.

It's not all grim, though: the seaside holiday was born on North Sea beaches, and artists, poets and writers have been as equally inspired by glinting sun on the wave-tops as they have the drama of a winter storm.

With a wry eye and a warm coat, Tom Blass travels the edges of the North Sea meeting fishermen, artists, bomb disposal experts, burgermeisters - and those who have found themselves flung to the sea's perimeters quite by chance. In doing so he attempts to piece together its manifold histories and to reveal truths, half-truths and fictions otherwise submerged...

À propos de la deuxième de couverture

Saturnine and quick-tempered, the formidable North Sea is often overlooked - even by those living within a stone's throw of its steel-grey waters. But as playground, theatre of war and cultural crossing-point, it has shaped the world in myriad ways, forged villains and heroes, and determined the fates of nations.

It's not all grim, though: the seaside holiday was born on North Sea beaches, and artists, poets and writers have been as equally inspired by glinting sun on the wave-tops as they have the drama of a winter storm.

With a wry eye and a warm coat, Tom Blass travels the edges of the North Sea meeting fishermen, artists, bomb disposal experts, burgermeisters - and those who have found themselves flung to the sea's perimeters quite by chance. In doing so he attempts to piece together its manifold histories and to reveal truths, half-truths and fictions otherwise submerged...

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Éditeur
Bloomsbury Paperbacks
Date d'édition
2017
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1408834030
ISBN 13 
9781408834039
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
320
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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