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Dip: Wild Swims from the Borderlands
Andrew Fusek Peters
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Description for Dip: Wild Swims from the Borderlands
Paperback. Describes an extraordinary year of wild swimming. The author leads us to rivers, lakes, waterfalls and hidden pools, into untamed landscapes that have the potential to surprise and move us in unexpected ways. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; WND; WSSC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 17. Weight in Grams: 180.
In Dip, Andrew Fusek Peters describes an extraordinary year of wild swimming. He leads us to rivers, lakes, waterfalls and hidden pools, into untamed landscapes that have the potential to surprise and move us in unexpected ways. Following in the wake of great writers such as Richard Jefferies and Edward Thomas, Dip combines meditations on place, history and myth with sharp observation and a poet's eye. As he takes the plunge and immerses himself in the elements, Andrew also begins to surface from a deep depression, making Dip at once a personal journey and about the ... Read more
In Dip, Andrew Fusek Peters describes an extraordinary year of wild swimming. He leads us to rivers, lakes, waterfalls and hidden pools, into untamed landscapes that have the potential to surprise and move us in unexpected ways. Following in the wake of great writers such as Richard Jefferies and Edward Thomas, Dip combines meditations on place, history and myth with sharp observation and a poet's eye. As he takes the plunge and immerses himself in the elements, Andrew also begins to surface from a deep depression, making Dip at once a personal journey and about the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Random House UK
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
182g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846044489
SKU
V9781846044489
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-1
About Andrew Fusek Peters
Andrew Fusek Peters has written award-winning books for all ages (many with his wife, Polly), including poetry collections, fiction and radio plays. Today, he lives and works in Shropshire, where he is passionate about the countryside and addicted to the pleasures of wild swimming.
Reviews for Dip: Wild Swims from the Borderlands
Acknowledging the influence of Roger Deakins’s pioneering book Waterlog, Peters has written an account that is much more personal but no less wise. Among the current crop of British nature writers, he deserves a prominent place.
Piers Moore Ede
TLS
A poetic book…beautiful [and] a thoroughly human story
Matt Haig
The Independent
Dip tells ... Read more
Piers Moore Ede
TLS
A poetic book…beautiful [and] a thoroughly human story
Matt Haig
The Independent
Dip tells ... Read more