The Naked Shore: Of the North Sea

di Tom Blass (Autore)

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2017

Saturnine and quick-tempered, the formidable North Sea is often overlooked – even by those living within a stone’s throw of its steel-grey waters. But as playground, theatre of war and cultural crossing-point, it has shaped the world in myriad ways, forged villains and heroes, and determined the fates of nations. It’s not all grim, though: the seaside holiday was born on North Sea beaches, and artists, poets and writers have been as equally inspired by glinting sun on the wave-tops as they have the drama of a winter storm. With a wry eye and a warm coat, Tom Blass travels the edges of the North Sea meeting fishermen, artists, bomb disposal experts, burgermeisters – and those who have found themselves flung to the sea’s perimeters quite by chance. In doing so he attempts to piece together its manifold histories and to reveal truths, half-truths and fictions otherwise submerged...

• Autore: Tom Blass
• Editore: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Anno: 2017
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 320 p.
• Dimensioni: 198 x 130 mm
• Peso: 266 gr.
• EAN: 9781408834039

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