The Connemara by Tim Robinson
Moves into wilder territory: the fjords, cliffs, hills and islands of north-west Connemara, a place that Wittgenstein, who lived on his own in a cottage there for a time, called 'the last pool of darkness in Europe'.
An astonishing and almost infinitely provocative work.. it is a rare pleasure to be among those engaged in the salvage of so rich a treasure -- John Burnside * Irish Times *
One of the most remarkable non-fiction projects undertaken in English -- Robert Macfarlane * Spectator *
A masterpiece of travel and topographical writing and a miraculous, vivid and engrossing meditation on landscape and history and the sacred mood of places -- Colm Tóibín * Irish Times Books of the Year *
Reading Tim Robinson on Connemara is almost as good as being there - better in some ways * Irish Examiner *
An imperishable monument to the West * Irish Independent *
One of the most remarkable non-fiction projects undertaken in English -- Robert Macfarlane * Spectator *
A masterpiece of travel and topographical writing and a miraculous, vivid and engrossing meditation on landscape and history and the sacred mood of places -- Colm Tóibín * Irish Times Books of the Year *
Reading Tim Robinson on Connemara is almost as good as being there - better in some ways * Irish Examiner *
An imperishable monument to the West * Irish Independent *
A native of Yorkshire, Tim Robinson studied maths at Cambridge and then worked for many years as a visual artist in Istanbul, Vienna and London, among other places. In 1972 he moved to the Aran Islands and commenced a multi-decade project of mapping and writing about Aran and Connemara. He is the author of the two-volume Stones of Aran and the Connemara trilogy, each published to great acclaim. He died in 2020.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780141032696 |
| ISBN 10 | 0141032693 |
| Title | The Connemara |
| Author | Tim Robinson |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2009-06-04 |
| Number of pages | 384 |
| Prizes | Winner of Argosy Irish Non-fiction Book of the Year Award., Winner of Argosy Irish Non-fiction Book of the Year Award. |
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