Island Dreams Mapping an Obsession |
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| Author:
| Francis, Gavin |
| ISBN: | 978-1-78689-818-0 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2021 |
| Publisher: | Canongate Books
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $30.00 |
Book Description:
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Picked as 'one to watch' in the Observer and New Statesman. As an award-winning and bestselling author, Francis is well-known for his medical writing. In Island Dreams, he breaks new ground and offers a free-form reflection blending memoir and nature writing. It will appeal to fans of Rebecca Solnit's A Field Guide to Getting Lost, Robert Macfarlane's Mountains of the Mind, Kathleen Jamie's Findings, and Bruce Chatwin's The Songlines
Picked as 'one to watch' in the Observer and New Statesman. As an award-winning and bestselling author, Francis is well-known for his medical writing. In Island Dreams, he breaks new ground and offers a free-form reflection blending memoir and nature writing. It will appeal to fans of Rebecca Solnit's A Field Guide to Getting Lost, Robert Macfarlane's Mountains of the Mind, Kathleen Jamie's Findings, and Bruce Chatwin's The Songlines