
Ways to Say Goodbye
Six Journeys into Vanishing Landscapes
Nick Hunt(Author)
John Murray Publishers Ltd
Will be published approx. on 11. March 2027
Book
Hardback
288 pages
978-1-3998-1929-9 (ISBN)
Description
This is not a book about the end of the world - it's about the start of a new one.
Melting glaciers. Crumbling coasts. Vanishing seas. The feeling that our world is coming to an end has led to a rise in 'ecological grief' and prompted a wave of last-chance tourists and environmental mourners. From funeral cairns built for a dying glacier in the Swiss Alps, to selfies taken at the disappearing Aral Sea, pilgrims, both religious and secular, are making journeys to find meaningful ways to say goodbye.
But as one world ends, another begins. In Ways to Say Goodbye, Nick Hunt asks what first chances lay ahead? In the Siberian Arctic, the collapsing permafrost is revealing prehistoric remains that haven't seen daylight for millennia; off the coast of Iceland, a new island is emerging.
Travelling across continents, through mountains, forests, deserts, coasts and cities, Nick Hunt captures our landscapes in flux. He explores what it means to live in a world that is undergoing vertiginous change, and offers a way we can keep our balance as the ground shifts beneath our feet.
Melting glaciers. Crumbling coasts. Vanishing seas. The feeling that our world is coming to an end has led to a rise in 'ecological grief' and prompted a wave of last-chance tourists and environmental mourners. From funeral cairns built for a dying glacier in the Swiss Alps, to selfies taken at the disappearing Aral Sea, pilgrims, both religious and secular, are making journeys to find meaningful ways to say goodbye.
But as one world ends, another begins. In Ways to Say Goodbye, Nick Hunt asks what first chances lay ahead? In the Siberian Arctic, the collapsing permafrost is revealing prehistoric remains that haven't seen daylight for millennia; off the coast of Iceland, a new island is emerging.
Travelling across continents, through mountains, forests, deserts, coasts and cities, Nick Hunt captures our landscapes in flux. He explores what it means to live in a world that is undergoing vertiginous change, and offers a way we can keep our balance as the ground shifts beneath our feet.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Murray Press
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
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Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
464 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-3998-1929-9 (9781399819299)
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Person
Nick Hunt has walked and written across much of Europe. His articles have appeared in the Economist, the Guardian and other publications, and he also works as a storyteller and co-editor for the Dark Mountain Project. He has been a finalist for the Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year twice, for his books, Walking the Woods and the Water and Where the Wild Winds Are. He currently lives in Bristol.