To the River: A Journey Beneath the Surface

Olivia Laing

£10.99

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Over 60 years after Virginia Woolf drowned in the River Ouse, Olivia Laing set out one midsummer morning to walk its banks, from source to sea. Along the way, she explores the roles that rivers play in human lives, tracing their intricate flow through literature, mythology and folklore. Lyrical and stirring, ‘To the River’ is a passionate investigation into how history resides in a landscape – and how ghosts never quite leave the places they love.

ISBN: 9781786891587 Category:

Description

Over sixty years after Virginia Woolf drowned in the River Ouse, Olivia Laing set out one midsummer morning to walk its banks, from source to sea. Along the way, she explores the roles that rivers play in human lives, tracing their intricate flow through literature, mythology and folklore.

Lyrical and stirring, To the River is a passionate investigation into how history resides in a landscape – and how ghosts never quite leave the places they love.

Additional information

Weight 0.2114 kg
Dimensions 19.8 × 12.9 × 1.7 cm
Author

Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

281

Language

English

Edition

Main – Canons Edition

Dewey

942.25 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K

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