The Frayed Atlantic Edge
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The Frayed Atlantic Edge by David Gange
COLLECTIVE WINNER OF THE HIGHLAND BOOK PRIZE AND SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE This is the book that has been wanting to be written for decades: the ragged fringe of Britain as a laboratory for the human spirit Adam NicolsonCOLLECTIVE WINNER OF THE HIGHLAND BOOK PRIZE 2019
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE 2020
BBC Countryfile Magazine Book of the Month
‘An impressive intellectual and physical journey, allowing the reader to experience the Atlantic Coast from a fresh, deeply informed and invigorating perspective; rarely have our coastlines and cultures been explored with such understanding and respect’ Highland Book Prize
‘A tour de force’ Moya Cannon
‘This book is the product of a considerable physical achievement … A brilliant book, and a major step towards a genuinely radical reimagining of the history of the British Isles.’ Scotsman
‘The strength of Mr Gange’s account is his generosity. His own wry persona never overshadows the voices of past and present inhabitants … [his] prose is itself poetic and precise … His enthusiasm for snoozing in soggy sleeping bags is infectious … A dunking in the freezing sea, off the coast of County Mayo, leaves the author shivering but “ignited, elated”. Surfacing from the book, the reader is invigorated, too.’ Economist
‘An intensely political book … there is uncomplicated beauty as well as wonderful descriptions’ Country Life
‘Gange is both extraordinarily intrepid and deeply attentive to all he encounters … worth attention for its deeper argument as well as its thrilling surface.’ Spectator
‘[Gange is] physically resourceful, articulate, clear-eyed, informed, attentive to the realities, and crucially at home in all the elements. A book reliant in the end on one key fact: edges are revelatory.’ Adam Nicolson, winner of the Wainwright Prize 2018
‘This beautifully written and grippingly researched book shows us that our shores are the beginning, not the ending, of things.’ Philip Hoare
‘Energetic, entertaining and erudite … Sometimes boisterous, sometimes lyrical but always engaging.’ Donald Murray
Born in the Peak District, David Gange is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Birmingham and has published history books with Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press and Oneworld Publications. He has appeared on BBC2 and Smithsonian television as well as in the TLS and Big Issue. His work also includes nature writing and photography in various books and magazines, and he has held visiting fellowships in Brazil and Japan as well as at the National University of Ireland, Galway.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780008225117 |
| ISBN 10 | 0008225117 |
| Title | The Frayed Atlantic Edge |
| Author | David Gange |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Year published | 2019-07-11 |
| Number of pages | 400 |
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