Yet they also reflect their living community - how in our restless, accelerated modern world, we are losing our sense of connection to the dead. Jean Sprackland - the prize-winning poet and author of Strands - travels back through her life, revisiting her once local graveyards.
| Autor: | Sprackland Jean |
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| ISBN: | 9780099587149 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Verlag: | Random House UK |
| Veröffentlicht: | 04.02.2021 |
| Untertitel: | A life in graveyards |
| Schlagworte: | ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Landmarks & Monuments Coming of age celebrations / festivals / rituals Human Geography Memorials, monuments Museology & heritage studies Museology and heritage studies SOCIAL SCIENCE / Death & Dying SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography Sociology: Death & Dying Sociology: death and dying TRAVEL / Europe / Great Britain United Kingdom, Great Britain Worship, rites & ceremonies Worship, rites, ceremonies and rituals |
Jean Sprackland is the author of five previous poetry collections, including Tilt, which won the 2007 Costa Poetry Award. She has also published a book of non-fiction, Strands: A Year of Discoveries on the Beach, which won the 2012 Portico Prize. She lives in London.