Iceland, Defrosted - Couverture souple

Hancox, Edward

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1781321086 ISBN 13 : 9781781321089

Editeur : SilverWood Books Ltd, 2013

Synopsis

This is the story of one Englishman's obsession with a half-frozen, roughly duck-shaped island in the cold North Atlantic. 'Iceland, Defrosted' is less about wars over cod, flight-halting volcanoes and globe-shattering financiers, and more about relaxing in natural hot pots, sharing barbeques in howling winter storms and eating waffles and rhubarb jam while watching playful Arctic foxes. Oh, and desperately, desperately searching for the elusive Northern Lights (which might not exist anyway). Loosely based on a circuitous route around Iceland, it concentrates on places, people and experiences, soundtracked by the coolest Icelandic musicians, all wrapped up in the warmest lopapeysa and jump-started with the strongest coffee. It is a story that's almost a love letter, born from a constant yearning for this special place and fuelled by a growing understanding and a desire to uncover the real Iceland.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Edward Hancox lives in the UK with his wife and small, noisy child but spends as much time as he can in Iceland. Music - especially contemporary Icelandic music - is his other passion. He writes about both subjects for various magazines and websites, including 'Iceland Review', 'Atlantica', and the 'Reykjavik Grapevine', and on his blog, icelanddefrosted.com. Edward enjoys growing plants, which, not unlike himself, are tall and thin. He has had particular success with bamboo and rhubarb. It is not possible to grow bamboo in Iceland, but rhubarb is surprisingly prevalent.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: SilverWood Books Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1781321086
• ISBN 13: 9781781321089
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 290
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible