In The Bridge Between Worlds, Gavin Francis explores bridges old and new, man-made or natural, musing on the view from the bridge through history, geopolitics, psychology and literature. Against the ever-growing obsession with national borders in politics and the media, bridges - whether seen as functional, emblematic or aesthetical - both unite and divide us.
From Ponte Sant'Angelo to Brooklyn Bridge, from Victoria Falls Bridge to Tavanasa Bridge, The Bridge Between Worlds reflects on the bridges between nations and individuals, how they act as frontiers and reflects on the lives of people either side of the border.
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Gavin Francis has written an exquisite book on a human structure we usually take for granted. This is a fascinating and delightful read -- ALEXANDER McCALL SMITH Informative, imaginative and hugely enjoyable. Who knew? A bridge can take you anywhere! -- SARA WHEELER It's rare and interesting to see bridges explored both as metaphors and as structures. The Bridge Between Worlds is a valuable reminder that the physical environment we build has immense social and cultural consequences -- SARAH MOSS Francis writes with energy, flair and empathy: The Bridge Between Worlds opens a marvellously rich seam of inquiry, striking many urgent and timely reverberations -- MARINA WARNER The Bridge Between Worlds is a delight - a memoir of restlessness. Across five decades, Gavin Francis takes us to lands known and unknown, making us wonder on the very links that bind us as beings -- JAMES CANTON Wonderful in the truest sense of the word. Thought-provoking and beautifully written. I'm full of admiration for his ability to seamlessly blend travelogue and memoir with a compassionate analysis of human endeavour and behaviour -- MARISA HAETZMAN Praise for Gavin Francis: Gavin Francis is a wonderful writer - thoughtful, engaging, immensely knowledgeable and supremely human -- BILL BRYSON Thought-provoking and elegant -- HILARY MANTEL Fluent, subtle, tough and often beautiful -- ROBERT MACFARLANE Wonderful, subtle, unpretentious . . . produces a kind of complicity between the author, the reader and the subject -- JOHN BERGER
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Black & white integrated images throughout
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978-1-80530-014-4 (9781805300144)
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Gavin Francis is an award-winning writer and GP. He is the author of seven non-fiction books, including Island Dreams which was shortlisted for the Waterstones Book of the Year 2020; Adventures in Human Being was a Sunday Times bestseller and won the Saltire Scottish Non-Fiction Book of the Year Award; Empire Antarctica, which won Scottish Book of the Year in the SMIT Awards and was shortlisted for both the Ondaatje and Costa Prizes. His latest book Recovery: The Lost Art of Convalescence became a Sunday Times bestseller. He has written for the Guardian, The Times, the New York Review of Books and the London Review of Books. His work has been translated in eighteen languages. He lives in Edinburgh, Scotland.
