FLY-FISHING: FACT VS. FICTION. By Jo Rippier.

Rippier (Joseph Storey). (b. 1935).

ISBN 10: 0861404998 / ISBN 13: 9780861404995

Edité par Colin Smythe Limited. Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire. 2016, 2016

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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 2016). 2016 1st edition. 8vo (144 x 211mm). Pp125,i. B/w photograph, b/w illustrations from old cartoons taken from Punch. Cream cloth, spine titled in gilt. Mint new copy in dust-wrapper. A collection of the author's articles and short stories along with the full script of his play, Fine & Far Off, which was previously published in a limited edition of 333 copies. The author also includes accounts of meetings and friendships with various well-known anglers such as T.C. Kingsmill-Moore and Hugh Falkus, the latter of which wrote to the author with a rather harsh critique of his play. The letter is reproduced in full and as Theo Pike said in his review of this book for the Flyfisher's Journal ".that letter and its context are probably worth the cover price alone." "This collection brings together Jo Rippier's writings about fishing, fact and fiction, and in one case 'dramatic'. He has recorded memorable experiences that occurred during his life in his pursuit of fish, and meeting unusual personalities, such as Mr Justice T.C. Kingsmill Moore ('Saracen'), and Hugh Falkus, as well as letting his imagination provide a number of fictional tales. Together they provide the reader with a variety of enjoyable stories and articles, and some historical illustrations, mostly from Punch, ideal for fishermen with time on their hands." Contents include:- One thing leads to another; Red letter day; Evolution; Dog and dogged days; A sedge for all seasons; Logic and a split decision; A Conn-undrum; An unusual experience; Fun and failure; Letter to a friend; Ego-denting; A moment in time; Itching to fish; The end of the day; Bavaria's Dr Duncan; Kingsmill Moore and Ballynahinch; A unique personality; Aegina; As I lay; Sweet chavender; Day-flies; A deeply objective fairy tale; A morning in Northern Ireland; Achilles heel; Fine and Far Off. .

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: FLY-FISHING: FACT VS. FICTION. By Jo Rippier.
• Éditeur: Colin Smythe Limited. Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire. 2016
• Date de parution: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0861404998
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780861404995
• Reliure: Couverture souple
• Édition: Edition originale
• État de l'article: new

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Synopsis

This collection brings together Jo Rippier's writings about fishing, fact and fiction, and in one case 'dramatic'. He has recorded memorable experiences that occurred during his life in his pursuit of fish, and meeting unusual personalities, such as Mr Justice T. C. Kingsmill Moore ('Saracen'), and Hugh Falkus, as well letting his imagination provide a number of fictional tales. Together they provide the reader with a variety of enjoyable stories and articles, and some historical illustrations, mostly from Punch, ideal for fishermen with time on their hands.

À propos de l?auteur

Jo Rippier was born in Plymouth in 1935, and educated at King's School Worcester and Emmanuel College Cambridge. He gained his Ph.D. in English Literature at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universitatät, where he was a lecturer in the English Department until retiring in 1998. His previous publications include 'The Short Stories of Sean O'Faolain: A Study in Descriptive Techniques', and 'Some Postwar English Novelists', a volume of short stories, 'Goodnight, Morning, and collections of poetry', Seasons and Remembrance (1981), Beginnings, Endings (1991), Past Present (1996), Against the Stream (1999, with aquarelles by Gerhard Elsner), Late Motley (2001), Something Old, Something New (2007), Echoes and Reflections (2009), Footsteps (2011), The Silence of Snow (2013), Darkness and Light (2014), Shadows (2015) and Sights and Sounds (2017).