Edgeland : a slow walk west
Swire, Sasha2023
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In 'Edgeland', the political diarist Sasha Swire escapes the confines of Westminster to walk the northern stretch of the South West Coast Path. Starting at Minehead in Somerset, she follows the well-trodden path to Land's End in Cornwall, walking it in sections over a decade-long period, returning each year like a migratory bird from the spot she had previously left off from. The result is an immersive, beguiling and literary exploration of one of the most enigmatic, beautiful and popular coastlines on earth. It is also a contemplative and very personal response to a story about our English shore from pre-Celtic times to the present day; of the upheaval of rocks; of astonishing botany; of pilgrimage and customs; of the exploitation of resources and of dangers to come.
Main title:
Edgeland : a slow walk west / Sasha Swire.
Author:
Swire, Sasha, author
Imprint:
London : Abacus, 2023.
Collation:
320 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781408717158 (hbk)
Dewey class:
796.5109423796.510942 SWI796.510942
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
3399581