Edgelands
Book by Michael Symmons Roberts and Paul Farley
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The wilderness is much closer than you think. Passed through, negotiated, unnamed, unacknowledged: the edgelands - those familiar yet ignored spaces which are neither city nor countryside - have become the great wild places on our doorsteps. ... Google Books
Originally published: 2011
Authors: Michael Symmons Roberts and Paul Farley
Feb 18, 2011 · A strange book, then. Brilliant in parts, but confused in others. A book which, in its inconsistent, undecided texture is entirely in keeping ...
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The neglected, forgotten, ugly, abused places, where life hangs on by its fingernails. It's not exactly a gripping read, but it has a slow-burning intensity, ...
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Read 64 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Edgelands explores a wilderness that is much closer than you think: a debatable zone, neith…
“A haunting, often inspiring book… Edgelands covers an impressive range of politics, reminiscence, investigation and rumination.” Scotland on Sunday.
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Edgelands: Journeys into England's True Wilderness [Signed by Both]. London: Jonathan Cape, 2011. Very Good / Very Good. Item #9890. ISBN: 978022489029
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England, the first country to industrialise, now offers the world's most mature post-industrial terrain, and is still in a state of flux.
Edgelands forms a critique of what we value as 'wild', and allows our allotments, railways, motorways, wasteland and water a presence in the world, and a ...
Feb 17, 2011 · The journey to a high moor or heath in search of wilderness and communion with nature involves a slow readjustment in terms of scale and space, ...