Name: Fifty Words for Snow von Nancy Campbell
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Fifty Words for Snow Zusammenfassung

Fifty Words for Snow Nancy Campbell

----; 'Absolutely exquisite. This little book is a work of art. It is impossible to imagine the reader who will not love it.' - Horatio Clare, author of The Light in the Dark: A Winter Journal; ----; Snow. Every language has its own words for the feather-like flakes that come from the sky. In Japanese we find Yuki-onna - a 'snow woman' who drifts through the frosted land. In Icelandic falls Hundslappadrifa - 'big as a dog's paw'. And in Maori we meet Huka-rere - 'one of the children of rain and wind'.; From mountain tops and frozen seas to city parks and desert hills, writer and Arctic traveller Nancy Campbell digs deep into the meanings of fifty words for snow. Under her gaze, each of these linguistic snow crystals offers a whole world of myth and story.; ----; 'Sparkles and dazzles with new meanings and old magic. You'll never see snow in the same way again.' - Matt Gaw, author of Under the Stars: A Journey Into Light

Fifty Words for Snow Bewertungen

'Pithy, clear-eyed... like so many magical portals, offering fleeting but fascinating glimpses into unfamiliar worlds.' Scotsman; 'A miraculous snow bank of niveous names and knowledge as delicate and multifaceted as the flakes it celebrates. A glittering cloud of Inupiaq, Icelandic, compound Maori, Finnish, Scots, Thai, Hebrew, American Sign Language.' - Dan Richards, author of Outpost: A Wild Journey to the Ends of the Earth

Über Nancy Campbell

Nancy Campbell is an award-winning writer, described as 'deft, dangerous and dazzling' by the Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy. Her travels in the Arctic between 2010 and 2017 have resulted in several projects responding to the environment, most recently The Library of Ice: Readings in a Cold Climate (S&S), which was longlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize 2019. Her previous book on the polar environment, Disko Bay, was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection in 2016. She has been a Marie Claire 'Wonder Woman', a Hawthornden Fellow and Visual and Performing Artist in Residence at Oxford University. She is currently a Literature Fellow at Internationales Kunstlerhaus Villa Concordia in Bamberg, Germany.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents; Prologue xv; 1. Seanas, Sami ..................... 1; 2. Yuki-onna, Japanese .................. 5; 3. Immiaq, Greenlandic ................ 11; 4. Smoor, Scots .................... 15; 5. H ima, Thai ..................... 21; 6. Kunstschnee, German ................ 23; 7. Onaabani Giizis / Popogami Giizis, Ojibwemowin .. 27; 8. Sheleg, Hebrew ................... 31; 9. Sastrugi, Russian .................. 35; 10. Hundslappadrifa, Icelandic ............. 39; 11. Sheen, Kashmiri ................... 43; 12. Cheotnun, Korean .................. 47; 13. Penitentes, Spanish ................. 49; 14. Cirulputenis, Latvian ................ 53; 15. Unatsi, Cherokee .................. 55; 16. Theluji, Swahili ................... 59; 17. Avalanche, French .................. 63; 18. Tykky, Finnish ................... 67; 19. Barfani chita, Urdu ................. 71; 20. Snemand, Danish .................. 75; 21. Mavro chioni, Greek ................. 81; 22. Neviera, Italian ................... 85; 23. Xue qiu, Chinese .................. 89; 24. Snoeangel, Swedish .................. 93; 25. Gangs, Tibetan ................... 97; 26. Calog shneachta, Irish ................101; 27. Huka-rere, Maori ..................105; 28. Snowboarding, American Sign Language .......111; 29. Kava, Faroese ....................115; 30. Kardelen, Turkish ..................119; 31. Omuzira, Luganda ..................123; 32. Fokksno, Norwegian .................131; 33. Sniegas, Lithuanian .................135; 34. Sira, Tundra Nenets .................139; 35. Taccuqt, Tamazight .................143; 36. Hima, Sanskrit ...................147; 37. Qasa, Quechua ...................151; 38. Barado, Amharic ..................155; 39. Ttutqiksribvik, Inupiaq ...............159; 40. Ais i pundaun olsem kapok, Tok Pisin ........165; 41. Hagelslag, Dutch ..................169; 42. Eira, Welsh .....................173; 43. Itztlacoliuhqui, Nahuatl ...............177; 44. Pana, Inuktitut ...................181; 45. Jaatee, Estonian ...................187; 46. Sparrow batch, Newfoundland English ........191; 47. Hau kea, Hawaiian .................195; 48. Virgen de las Nieves, Spanish ............199; 49. Zud, Mongolian ...................203; 50. Suncups, English ..................207; Acknowledgements 209 References 211

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GOR010955507

ISBN 13

9781783964987

ISBN 10

1783964987

Titel

Fifty Words for Snow Nancy Campbell

Autor

Nancy Campbell

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Gebraucht - Wie Neu

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Gebundene Ausgabe

Verlag

Elliott & Thompson Limited

Datum

20201105

Anzahl der Seiten

224

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