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The North End of Eden
Christine de Luca
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Description for The North End of Eden
Paperback. This poetry collection centres around the wildness and beauty of Shetland, and gives not only impressions of nature and landscape, but also deep insights into the island's inhabitants. It is illuminating for those interested in this captivating land at the edge of the British Isles, its extraordinary dialect, as well as for people from Shetland. Num Pages: 388 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 136 x 9. Weight in Grams: 140.
A polar projection changes foo we figure oot wir world. Shetland isna banished tae a box i da Moray Firt or left oot aa tagidder - ta scale up da rest - but centre stage. Christine De Luca's poetry creates a sense of the beauty and spareness of Shetland, the contradictory space and smallness of the island; and a feeling for people living on the far side of Scotland. These poems explore concepts of identity, home and belonging, and of our connection with the land. Drawing ... Read more
A polar projection changes foo we figure oot wir world. Shetland isna banished tae a box i da Moray Firt or left oot aa tagidder - ta scale up da rest - but centre stage. Christine De Luca's poetry creates a sense of the beauty and spareness of Shetland, the contradictory space and smallness of the island; and a feeling for people living on the far side of Scotland. These poems explore concepts of identity, home and belonging, and of our connection with the land. Drawing ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
388
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
388
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781906817329
SKU
V9781906817329
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Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-46
About Christine de Luca
Christine De Luca was born in 1947 in Shetland. She moved to Edinburgh to study and to work in educational. De Luca has four poetry collections and numerous awards to her name. Her work to promote and retain Shetlandic is well known.
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