Common ground
Cowen, Rob2016
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Total copies: 2
After moving from London to a new home in Yorkshire, Rob Cowen finds himself on unfamiliar territory, disoriented, hemmed in by winter and yearning for the nearest open space. So one night, he sets out to find it - a pylon-slung edge-land, a tangle of wood, meadow, field and river on the outskirts of town. Despite being in the shadow of thousands of houses, it feels unclaimed, forgotten, caught between worlds, and all the more magical for it. Obsessively revisiting this contested ground, Cowen ventures deeper into its many layers and lives, documenting its changes through time and season and unearthing histories that profoundly resonate and intertwine with transformative events happening in his own life. Blurring the boundaries of memoir, natural history and novel, this book offers nothing less than an enthralling new way of writing about nature and our experiences within it.
Main title:
Common ground / Rob Cowen.
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Imprint:
London : Windmill Books, 2016.
Collation:
338 pages : illustrations (black and white), map (black and white) ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: London: Hutchinson, 2015.Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9780099592037 (pbk)0099592037 (pbk)
Dewey class:
508.4284 COW508.4284
LC class:
QH138.N845
Language:
English
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BRN:
294965