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‘A Place in the Country’ by W.G. Sebald

Book review: ‘A Place in the Country’ by W.G. Sebald

Essays on five writers and a painter who influenced Sebald’s work.

Published 09-Jun-2013
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Biography/Memoir, Culture, History, Sebaldian Tags: sebald
‘London Orbital’ by Iain Sinclair

Book review: ‘London Orbital’ by Iain Sinclair

Walking around the M25.

Published 27-Oct-2012
‘The Rings of Saturn’ by W.G. Sebald

Book review: ‘The Rings of Saturn’ by W.G. Sebald

Unclassifiable masterpiece.

Published 18-Dec-2011
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Biography/Memoir, Culture, Fiction, History, Nature Writing, Sebaldian Tags: sebald
‘The Emigrants’ by W.G. Sebald

Book review: ‘The Emigrants’ by W.G. Sebald

File under Sebaldian.

Published 18-Dec-2011
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Biography/Memoir, Culture, Fiction, History, Sebaldian Tags: reviews, sebald
‘Vertigo’ by W.G. Sebald

Book review: ‘Vertigo’ by W.G. Sebald

File under Sebaldian.

Published 18-Dec-2011
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Biography/Memoir, Culture, Fiction, History, Sebaldian Tags: reviews, sebald
Darwin and the Barnacle

Book review: ‘Darwin and the Barnacle’ by Rebecca Stott

Charles Darwin’s eight-year barnacle odyssey.

Published 18-Dec-2011
‘Campo Santo’ by W.G. Sebald

Book review: ‘Campo Santo’ by W. G. Sebald

File under Sebaldian.

Published 18-Dec-2011
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Biography/Memoir, History, Sebaldian Tags: sebald
‘Mountains of the Mind’ by Robert Macfarlane

Book review: ‘Mountains of the Mind’ by Robert Macfarlane

A history of a fascination.

Published 18-Dec-2011
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: History, Nature Writing Tags: reviews, robert macfarlane
‘The Age of Wonder:’ by Richard Holmes

Book Review: ‘The Age of Wonder:’ by Richard Holmes

How the Romantic generation discovered the beauty and terror of science.

Published 18-Dec-2011
Filed under: Nonsense Genres: History, Science
‘The Voyage of the Beagle’ by Charles Darwin

Book review: ‘The Voyage of the Beagle’ by Charles Darwin

Darwin's first masterpiece.

Published 18-Dec-2011
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Biography/Memoir, History, Nature Writing, Science Tags: charles darwin, hms beagle, reviews

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On the Moor: Science, History and Nature on a Country Walk
“…wonderfully droll, witty and entertaining… At their best Carter’s moorland walks and his meandering intellectual talk are part of a single, deeply coherent enterprise: a restless inquiry into the meaning of place and the nature of self.”
—Mark Cocker, author and naturalist
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