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Under the ravishing light of an Alaskan sky, objects are spilling from the thawing tundra linking a Yup'ik village to its hunter-gatherer past. In the shifting sand dunes of a Scottish shoreline, impressively preserved hearths and homes of Neolithic farmers are uncovered. In a grandmother's disordered mind, memories surface of a long-ago mining accident and a 'mither who was kind'. In this luminous new essay collection, acclaimed author Kathleen Jamie visits archeological sites and mines her own memories - of her grandparents, of youthful travels - to explore what surfaces and what reconnects us to our past. As always she looks to the natural world for her markers and guides. Most movingly, she considers, as her father dies and her children leave home, the surfacing of an older, less tethered sense of herself. Surfacing offers a profound sense of time passing and an antidote to all that is instant, ephemeral, unrooted.Product Identifiers
PublisherSort# of Books
ISBN-139781908745811
eBay Product ID (ePID)20046643567
Product Key Features
Number of Pages240 Pages
Publication NameSurfacing
LanguageEnglish
SubjectArchaeology
Publication Year2019
TypeTextbook
AuthorKathleen Jamie
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height204 mm
Item Weight379 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorKathleen Jamie
TopicLiterary Theory, Travel Writing