Here is Connemara, experienced at a walker's pace. From cartographer Robinson comes the second title in the Seedbank series, a breathtakingly intimate exploration of one beloved place's geography, ecology, and history. "Exceptional...A book about one place which is also about the whole world."--Robert MacFarlane.lane.
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Höhe: 216 mm
Breite: 142 mm
Dicke: 35 mm
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978-1-57131-370-6 (9781571313706)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
A cartographer and writer, Tim Robinson studied mathematics at Cambridge and then worked for many years as a teacher and visual artist in Istanbul, Vienna and London, among other places. In 1972 he moved to the Aran Islands. In 1986 his first book, Stones of Aran: Pilgrimage, was published to great acclaim. The second volume of Stones of Aran, subtitled Labyrinth, appeared in 1995. He has also published collections of essays and maps of the Aran Islands, the Burren, and Connemara. Connemara: Listening to the Wind, first published in 2006, won the Irish Book Award for Nonfiction. Robinson divides his time between London and Roundstone, Connemara.
