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The Naked Shore: Of the North Sea

Door Tom Blass

Categorie
Engels
Boeknummer
#409335-XU1
Titel
The Naked Shore: Of the North Sea
Auteur
Blass, Tom
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
London : Bloomsbury Publishing
Jaar van uitgave
2015
ISBN10
1408815494
ISBN13
9781408815496
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original boards, silver lettered spine, dust jacket, 8vo.
Samenvatting
Saturnine and quick-tempered, the formidable North Sea is often overlooked - even by those living within a stone's throw of its steel-grey waters. But as playground, theatre of war and cultural crossing-point, it has shaped the world in myriad ways, forged villains and heroes, and determined the fates of nations. It's not all grim, though: the seaside holiday was born on North Sea beaches, and artists, poets and writers have been as equally inspired by glinting sun on the wave-tops as they have the drama of a winter storm. With a wry eye and a warm coat, Tom Blass travels the edges of the North Sea meeting fishermen, artists, bomb disposal experts, burgermeisters - and those who have found themselves flung to the sea's perimeters quite by chance. In doing so he attempts to piece together i... (Lees verder)ts manifold histories and to reveal truths, half-truths and fictions otherwise submerged...
Pagina's
306
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 10,00

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