Opening Country : A Walk Through France
Micklewright, John
ISBN 10: 1800461275 ISBN 13: 9781800461277
Editorial: Troubador Publishing, 2021
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Descripción
Descripción:
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Sinopsis:
In this journey of discovery, John Micklewright travels the slow way, on foot, on paths, tracks and byways from the Channel to the Alps - from the coast of Normandy to the flanks of Mont Blanc.
The Opening Country is a beautifully written account of his progress through the French countryside, an evocative patchwork of landscape, nature, history, literature, film, and - drawing on his father’s diaries that stretch back to the 1930s - of memoir.
Always curious, absorbing all around him, ready on a whim to divert from his chosen route as he heads unhurriedly southwards. The natural world unfolds as spring turns to summer with surprises of bird song and butterflies, against a constant background of reminders of the economic and social story of rural France and of wars past. The result is an engrossing record of a classic long-distance walk through Britain’s nearest continental neighbour.
The Opening Country is a book to fire the imagination - a call to travel slowly, to open eyes and ears, to discover and explore.
Acerca del autor:
John Micklewright is an academic economist, latterly professor at University College London, working on poverty and inequality with a number of books on these subjects. He lived and worked for years in Italy including a spell with the UN. When not walking in France, he lives in Winchester.
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Detalles bibliográficos
Título: Opening Country : A Walk Through France
Editorial: Troubador Publishing
Año de publicación: 2021
Encuadernación: Encuadernación de tapa blanda
Condición: New