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Connemara: The Last Pool of Darkness
Tim Robinson
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Description for Connemara: The Last Pool of Darkness
Hardcover. 373pp. Index. This limited edition of 50 copies numbered 1 to 50 and five copies has been bound in quarter goatskin, with raised bands, hand - tooled spine in 22 carat gold leaf, top edge gilt,marble boards with matching slipcase, by Kennys Bookbindery Ltd. Galway, and signed by the author
The first volume of Tim Robinson's Connemara trilogy, Listening to the Wind, covered Robinson's home territory of Roundstone and environs. The Last Pool of Darkness moves into wilder territory: the fjords, cliffs, hills and islands of north-west Connemara, a place that Wittgenstein, who lived on his own in a cottage there for a time, called 'the last pool of darkness in Europe'. Again combining his polymathic knowledge of Connemara's natural history, human history, folklore and topography with his own unsurpassable artistry as a writer, Tim Robinson has produced another classic.
The first volume of Tim Robinson's Connemara trilogy, Listening to the Wind, covered Robinson's home territory of Roundstone and environs. The Last Pool of Darkness moves into wilder territory: the fjords, cliffs, hills and islands of north-west Connemara, a place that Wittgenstein, who lived on his own in a cottage there for a time, called 'the last pool of darkness in Europe'. Again combining his polymathic knowledge of Connemara's natural history, human history, folklore and topography with his own unsurpassable artistry as a writer, Tim Robinson has produced another classic.
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Ireland
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
1st Edition
Yes
Condition
New
Signed by the author
Yes
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
London, Ireland
ISBN
9781844881550
SKU
KHS1004398
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99-1
About Tim Robinson
A native of Yorkshire, Tim Robinson studied maths at Cambridge and then worked for many years as a visual artist in Istanbul, Vienna and London, among other places. In 1972 he moved to the Aran Islands. In 1986 his first book, Stones of Aran: Pilgrimage, was published to great acclaim. The second volume of Stones of Aran, subtitled Labyrinth, appeared ... Read more
Reviews for Connemara: The Last Pool of Darkness
Praise for Listening to the Wind:'Exceptional . . . A book about one place that is also about the whole world' Robert Macfarlane, Guardian'Dazzling . . . an indubitable classic' Giles Foden, Conde Nast Traveller'One of contemporary Ireland's finest literary stylists' Joseph O'Connor, Guardian'Robinson is a stylist of exceptional cadence, tact and ingenuity . . . Reads like a ... Read more