Sauntering
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Sauntering by Duncan Minshull
This latest collection of walking literature from Notting Hill Editions celebrates the lure and allure of the European continent and its sights, sounds and aromas--brought into even sharper relief when traveling it by foot. On foot we are close to things. Closer to the European continent's alpine ranges, arterial rivers, expansive coastlines; to ancient and magisterial cities with their buildings and gardens and mysterious thoroughfares; in the company of memorable strollers out basking on the piazzas and boulevards. Sauntering features over fifty writers--classic and current, native and visitor--who laud, lament, and explore all things European. Twenty-two countries are covered on foot. Writers include Henriette D'Angeville, the second woman to climb Mont Blanc; Joanna Kavenna roaming the glacial wastes of Iceland; Norman Lewis observing the paseo in provincial Spain; and Robert Macfarlane dropping deep into underground Paris. And what readers will take from these vivid accounts of place and people is another thing: a picture of the type of walker making his or her way across Europe. Be it mountaineer or pilgrim, explorer or flaneur, war reporter or psycho-geographer. They and others cross the pages with style and drama and always with insight. Enjoy following them en route. . . .
“Sauntering is a superior feast, a high-class tasting menu, sometimes deliciously incongruous but always organised with intelligent care…It is hard to think that it could be better done" - Times Literary Supplement
"Here is an odd development: I have decided to carry a book. For at least the coming season, when, with hope, we head out once again for afternoon or evening walks, I want this book with me. I plan to open it, often, every day. Read one selection and you will smile. Read three and you’ll be lacing your boots… The genius of Sauntering is that it celebrates the act itself, the joy as well as pain of walking. There are narratives of sunny valleys as well as of frightening wartime trenches. The book has nothing to do with exercise and everything to do with a way of seeing.’
—Scott Olsen, Minneapolis Star Tribune
“Sauntering is full of those free associations in place and space that are the very essence of walking pursued as a writerly act, and writing undertaken as an ambulatory art. The perfect companion for a summer ramble, or a winter fireside.” —Will Self
“A beguiling panorama of wanderers from different eras and geographies. . . Like his subjects, Minshull wanders, lifting contributions from people all over the literary map: philosophers, novelists, essayists, critics, children’s authors. . . . [His] goal, one gathers, is less to trace a historiography of the rambler than to expand the genre of flânerie, with an open-endedness true to its spirit.” —Alejandro Chacoff, The New Yorker
"Here is an odd development: I have decided to carry a book. For at least the coming season, when, with hope, we head out once again for afternoon or evening walks, I want this book with me. I plan to open it, often, every day. Read one selection and you will smile. Read three and you’ll be lacing your boots… The genius of Sauntering is that it celebrates the act itself, the joy as well as pain of walking. There are narratives of sunny valleys as well as of frightening wartime trenches. The book has nothing to do with exercise and everything to do with a way of seeing.’
—Scott Olsen, Minneapolis Star Tribune
“Sauntering is full of those free associations in place and space that are the very essence of walking pursued as a writerly act, and writing undertaken as an ambulatory art. The perfect companion for a summer ramble, or a winter fireside.” —Will Self
“A beguiling panorama of wanderers from different eras and geographies. . . Like his subjects, Minshull wanders, lifting contributions from people all over the literary map: philosophers, novelists, essayists, critics, children’s authors. . . . [His] goal, one gathers, is less to trace a historiography of the rambler than to expand the genre of flânerie, with an open-endedness true to its spirit.” —Alejandro Chacoff, The New Yorker
Duncan Minshull, described by Country Life magazine as the laureate of walking, is a freelance audio producer and anthologist. His books include Beneath My Feet: Writers on Walking (published by Notting Hill Editions), While Wandering, and The Burning Leg. He has described the joys of traveling on foot for various magazines and newspapers including The Times (UK), the Financial Times, Conde Nast Traveler, and Vogue.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781912559244 |
| ISBN 10 | 1912559242 |
| Title | Sauntering |
| Author | Duncan Minshull |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Notting Hill Editions |
| Year published | 2021-03-09 |
| Number of pages | 160 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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