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A stunning, gothic debut from a brilliant new literary voice,
perfect for fans of Daisy Johnson, Max Porter and Fiona Mozley You
don't pass through the North Shore on the way to anywhere else: it
is the end of the road. The village was like many along that wild
coast; inhabited by those who had always lived there, and always
would. The residents know nature's tempestuous ways. They batten
down the hatches when the storms rip through, and they clear the
debris together in the aftermath. But the morning after one
particularly ferocious storm, something is washed up on the beach
that has never appeared before. Something that opens the question
of what nature, and the North Shore, are truly capable of. The
North Shore is both a powerful story of transformation and a
coming-of-age tale. It speaks of the mysteries that lie between the
land and the water and the ways in which we use myths and folklore
to understand the strangeness of the world.
An attempt to melt an iceberg with a blowtorch, an indoor lake of
tequila, an ascent of Mt Everest, driftwood burnt with sunlight
focused through a magnifying glass and a doorbell that emits the
sound of a dying star; these are some of the extraordinary artistic
strategies covered in this collection. Gathering together texts
published since 2002, as well as specially written new essays, In
Land traces recent engagements with landscape, nature, environment
and the cosmos.
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