Twelvemonth and a Day |
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Author:
| Rush, Christopher |
Introduction by:
| Bold, Alan |
Series title: | Canongate Classics Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-86241-439-9 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2001 |
Publisher: | Canongate Books
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $21.95 |
Book Description:
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In childhood there is no distinction between, boy, bird, mammal or fish.
A Twelvemonth and a Day is about change and growth, the fluctuating patterns in the worklife of a fishing and farming community throughout the whole cycle of a year, and about the year itself, the life of nature. It tells of how that symbolic year-and-a-day can be destroyed by forces we cannot seem to control - ignorance and greed, profit and loss, the wider forces of ploitics that damage communities and...
More DescriptionIn childhood there is no distinction between, boy, bird, mammal or fish. A Twelvemonth and a Day is about change and growth, the fluctuating patterns in the worklife of a fishing and farming community throughout the whole cycle of a year, and about the year itself, the life of nature. It tells of how that symbolic year-and-a-day can be destroyed by forces we cannot seem to control - ignorance and greed, profit and loss, the wider forces of ploitics that damage communities and individuals. It is both a lament for a past time and acelebration of its vanished values.