The Dark Stuff
Stories from the Peatlands
Donald S. Murray spent much of his childhood either playing or working on the moor, chasing sheep across empty acres and cutting and gathering peat for fuel. The Dark Stuff is an examination of how this landscape affected him and others. Donald explores his early life on the Isle of Lewis together with the experiences of those who lived near moors much further afield, from the Highlands and Islands of Scotland to the Netherlands, Germany, Ireland and even Australia. Examining this environment in all its roles and guises, Donald reflects on the ways that for centuries humans have represented the moor in literature, art and folktale, and he rev…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-4729-4277-7
- EAN: 9781472942777
- Produktnummer: 27109998
- Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
- Seitenangabe: 272 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 5'351 KB
Über den Autor
Donald S. Murray comes from Ness at the northern tip of the Isle of Lewis and now lives in Shetland. Donald is an award-winning writer, playwright and poet. His last Bloomsbury book, Herring Tales, was one of The Guardian's nature books of the year in 2015, as was his previous book,The Guga Stone, in 2013.
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