In the second volume of his beloved Connemara trilogy, cartographer
Tim Robinson continues to unearth the stories of this rich
landscape--weaving placelore, etymology, geology, and the meeting
of sea and shore into the region's mythologies.From the northern
fiord waters of Killary Harbour to the southern sea-washed islands
of Slyne Head, western Connemara awes with a rugged landscape:
sloping cliffs, towering mountains, and the ever-present thudding
of the Atlantic. And here, within the earth, resides the record of
the past; stones with ash-grey centers reveal volcanic episodes, a
series of mysteriously arranged quartz boulders reminds us of the
ancient secrets held in the soil, and a long-disappeared lake
filled in by sand lies beneath a golf course, waiting to be
rediscovered.Mapping more than geography, Tim Robinson charts
Connemara's deep relationship to those who have inhabited its
surface. The Last Pool of Darkness brims with tales of ghosts,
centuries-old land disputes, periods of religious and political
upheavals, philosophers entranced by the isolating landscape,
poets, mathematicians, artists, fantastical smugglers, the
discovery of botanical rarities, trickster fairies, and the
delicate balance between humans and nature. Not merely a "certain
tract of the Earth's surface" but "an accumulation of
connotations," Robinson's Connemara offers readers an opportunity
to travel across space and time.A work of great precision and
tenderness, The Last Pool of Darkness is an enchanting addition to
the Seedbank series and next chapter in "one of the most remarkable
non-fiction projects undertaken in English" (Robert Macfarlane).
General
| Imprint: |
Milkweed Editions
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Seedbank |
| Release date: |
November 2023 |
| Authors: |
Tim Robinson
|
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
384 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-57131-374-4 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
1-57131-374-5 |
| Barcode: |
9781571313744 |
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