Delve into Philip Hoare’s “Risingtidefallingstar,” a mesmerizing exploration of humanity’s profound connection to the ocean. From the award-winning author of “Leviathan,” this hardcover first edition (First Printing) is a lyrical journey blending natural history, memoir, and cultural reflection. Hoare masterfully weaves together tales of marine life, historical figures captivated by the sea, and his personal experiences to create a poignant meditation on our relationship with the watery world. More than just a science or nature book, it’s a quest to understand how the ocean shapes our art, our myths, and our very sense of self. Discover the hidden currents that link us to the sea’s mysteries, from literary legends to forgotten mariners. “Risingtidefallingstar” is a captivating read for fans of lyrical non-fiction and anyone drawn to the allure of the ocean. Published by HARPER COLLINS in 2021 and spanning 384 pages, this book promises a thought-provoking and unforgettable voyage. If you are looking for books similar to Moby Dick or the works of Rachel Carson, then this is the book for you.
RISINGTIDEFALLINGSTAR
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From the author of Leviathan, or, The Whale, comes a composite portrait of the subtle, beautiful, inspired and demented ways in which we have come to terms with our watery planet.
In the third of his watery books, the author goes in pursuit of human and animal stories of the sea. Of people enchanted or driven to despair by the water, accompanied by whales and birds and seals familiar spirits swimming and flying with the author on his meandering odyssey from suburbia into the unknown.
Along the way, he encounters drowned poets and eccentric artists, modernist writers and era-defining performers, wild utopians and national heroes famous or infamous, they are all surprisingly, and sometimes fatally, linked to the sea.
Out of the storm-clouds of the twenty-first century and our restive time, these stories reach back into the past and forward into the future. This is a shape-shifting world that has never been certain, caught between the natural and unnatural, where the state between human and animal is blurred. Time, space, gender and species become as fluid as the sea.
Here humans challenge their landbound lives through art or words or performance or myth, through the animal and the elemental. And here they are forever drawn back to the water, forever lost and found on the infinite sea.
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| ISBN-10 | 0008133662 |
| ISBN-13 | 9780008133665 |
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| Pages | 384 |
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| Weight | 620 |
| Edition | First Edition first Printing |
