Stones of Aran: Pilgrimage by Tim Robinson

Stones of Aran: Pilgrimage by Tim Robinson

The Aran Islands, in Galway Bay off the west coast of Ireland, are a unique geological and cultural landscape, and for centuries their stark beauty and their inhabitants' traditional way of life have attracted pilgrims from abroad. The Aran Islands, in Galway Bay off the west coast of Ireland, are a unique geological and cultural landscape, and for centuries their stark beauty and their inhabitants' traditional way of life have attracted pilgrims from abroad. After a visit with his wife in 1972, Tim Robinson moved to the islands, where he started making maps and gathering stories, eventually developing the idea for a cosmic history of rainn, the largest of the three islands. Pilgrimage is the first of two volumes that make up Stones of Aran, in which Robinson maps the length and breadth of rainn. Here he circles the entire island, following a clockwise, sunwise path in quest of the good step, in which walking itself becomes a form of attention and contemplation.

Like Annie Dillard's Pilgrim at Tinker Creek and Bruce Chatwin's In Patagonia, Stones of Aran is not only a meticulous and mesmerizing study of place but an entrancing and altogether unclassifiable work of literature. Robinson explores Aran in both its elemental and mythical dimensions, taking us deep into the island's folklore, wildlife, names, habitations, and natural and human histories. Bringing to life the ongoing, forever unpredictable encounter between one man and a given landscape, Stones of Aran discovers worlds.

Robinson's voyage continues in Stones of Aran: Labyrinth

Tim Robinson is a third-generation Floridian, having inherited a 100-acre property on Cape Canaveral from his family in 1924. His grandfather and father fostered a passion for all things Florida in him. Tim grew up in West Palm Beach, halfway between saltwater Lake Worth and freshwater Lake Mangonia, where he spent his childhood and youth running through the woods, bike to the beach, and generally taking in the sights of Florida. On a modest farm in Indiantown, Florida, he lives with his wife, Connie.

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ISBN 13	9781590172773
ISBN 10	1590172779
Title	Stones of Aran: Pilgrimage
Author	Tim Robinson
Series	Stones Of Aran
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	The New York Review of Books, Inc
Year published	2008-08-05
Number of pages	416
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