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Item Details
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ARCTIC DREAMS
IMAGINATION AND DESIRE IN A NORTHERN LANDSCAPE |
| By: |
Barry Lopez |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£10.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1860465838 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781860465833 |
| Publisher: |
VINTAGE PUBLISHING |
| Pub. date: |
7 January, 1999 |
| Pages: |
496 |
| Description: |
A portrait of the Arctic that celebrates the landscape, wildlife and people of the vast and mysterious region. Above all, it is a story of light - solar and lunar rings, halos and coronas, the aurora borealis, and the distant mountain that is actually a looming and convincing mirage. |
| Synopsis: |
Winner of the National Book Award and a best-seller upon publication in 1986, Arctic Dreams is now acknowledged as a classic, a book that re-defined the genre of nature writing. In prose of transparent beauty, Lopez celebrates the Arctic landscape and the animals and people that live there. He recounts massive migrations by land, sea and air, the epic voyages of explorers, distant mountain that is actually a looming mirage. But he also looks deep into our dreams and the strange fascination that the Arctic exerts over our imaginations. Why do we find such a hostile, elemental environment so beautiful, so full of magic, so rich in ideas about how we should live our lives? |
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maps |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
The Harvill Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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