Listening to the wind / Tim Robinson ; introduction by Daniel Slager.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Robinson, Tim, 1935-2020, author.

Contributor:

Slager, Daniel, writer of introduction.

Series:

Robinson, Tim, 1935-2020. Connemara trilogy ; Part one.

The Connemara trilogy ; Part one

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ireland.

Connemara (Ireland).

Ireland--Connemara.

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

xvi, 409 pages : map ; 22 cm.

Edition:

First US edition.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, Minnesota : Milkweed Editions, 2019.

Summary:

Here is Connemara, experienced at a walker's pace. From cartographer Tim Robinson comes the second title in the Seedbank series, a breathtakingly intimate exploration of one beloved place's geography, ecology, and history. We begin with the earth right in front of his boots, as Robinson unveils swaths of fiontarnach--fall leaf decay. We peer from the edge of the cliff where Robinson's house stands on rickety stilts. We closely examine an overgrown patch of heather, a flush of sphagnum moss. And so, footstep by footstep, moment by moment, Robinson takes readers deep into this storied Irish landscape, from the "quibbling, contentious terrain" of Bogland to the shorelines of Inis Ní to the towering peaks of Twelve Pins. Just as wild and essential as the countryside itself are its colorful characters, friends and legends and neighbors alike: a skeletal, story-filled sheep farmer; an engineer who builds bridges, both physical and metaphorical; a playboy prince and cricket champion; and an enterprising botanist who meets an unexpected demise. Within a landscape lie all other things, and Robinson rejoices in the universal magic of becoming one with such a place, joining with "[t]he sound of the past, the language we breathe, and our frontage onto the natural world." Situated at the intersection of mapmaking and mythmaking, Listening to the Wind is at once learned and intimate, elegiac and magnificent--an exceptionally rich "book about one place which is also about the whole world" (Robert Macfarlane).--Publisher's website.

Contents:

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Dead Man's Grave and Halfway House

Superincumbent Intellect

The Last of the Turf

Climbing Errisbeg

Murvey and a note on Costa del Sod

The Boneyard

Ogygia Lost

Holiday Island

The Wind Through the House

The Neighbours

Forgotten Roundstone

Smugglers and Asylum Seekers

Nimmo and His Brothers

A Cure of Souls

The Cold of Charity

The Robinson Era

Dinner at Letterdyfe

Inis Ni in Winter

The Catchment

Tales to Lengthen the Road

The Demesne

The Masters of Ballynahinch

The Island

Dick Martin Rules

Romance and Ruin

The Reckoning

The Sportsmen

Walking the Skyline

The Cuckoo of the Wood

Glass, Marble, Steam, Fire

Curse and Blessing.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-401) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Robinson, Tim, 1935- author. Listening to the wind

ISBN:

9781571313706

1571313702

OCLC:

1080556174