Strands by Jean Sprackland
Presenting a series of meditations prompted by walking on the wild estuarial beaches of Ainsdale Sands between Blackpool and Liverpool, this title tells about what is lost and buried then discovered, about all the things you find on a beach, dead or alive, about flotsam and jetsam, about mutability and transformation - about sea-change.
A fine book… Transparent, undeceived prose -- Kate Kellaway * Guardian *
Elegant memoir… For those for whom such encounters are a rare occurrence, reading this beautiful book is only a tide’s whisper away from being on a beach itself and feeling the wind in your hair and the sand between your toes* The Economist *
Compelling...well-contextualised, sharply-observed, clued up, environmentally aware and deeply researched… She writes a supple, attractive, gently ironic prose that brings alive this distinctive shoreline. * Independent *
Each sentence is as cunningly crafted as a piece of driftwood, a lyrical tribute to the meeting place of land and sea. -- Mary Crockett * Scotland on Sunday *
Sprackland’s clean and unfussy prose, her powerful sense of atmosphere, gradually draw you in. If a book can have the appeal of a really good long walk, this one does. -- Marcus Berkmann * Daily Mail *
Elegant memoir… For those for whom such encounters are a rare occurrence, reading this beautiful book is only a tide’s whisper away from being on a beach itself and feeling the wind in your hair and the sand between your toes* The Economist *
Compelling...well-contextualised, sharply-observed, clued up, environmentally aware and deeply researched… She writes a supple, attractive, gently ironic prose that brings alive this distinctive shoreline. * Independent *
Each sentence is as cunningly crafted as a piece of driftwood, a lyrical tribute to the meeting place of land and sea. -- Mary Crockett * Scotland on Sunday *
Sprackland’s clean and unfussy prose, her powerful sense of atmosphere, gradually draw you in. If a book can have the appeal of a really good long walk, this one does. -- Marcus Berkmann * Daily Mail *
Jean Sprackland is the author of five previous poetry collections, including Tilt, which won the 2007 Costa Poetry Award. She has also published a book of non-fiction, Strands: A Year of Discoveries on the Beach, which won the 2012 Portico Prize. She lives in London.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780224087452 |
| ISBN 10 | 0224087452 |
| Title | Strands |
| Author | Jean Sprackland |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2012-05-31 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Prizes | Winner of Portico Prize for Literature: Non-fiction 2012 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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