Time song : journeys in search of a submerged land /
Blackburn, Julia,
Time song : journeys in search of a submerged land / Julia Blackburn ; with drawings by Enrique Brinkmann. - First United States edition. - ix, 292 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Includes index. "Originally published in Great Britain by Jonathan Cape, an imprint of Vintage Publishing, Penguin Random House, UK, London in 2019"--Title page verso.
Old time -- Middle time -- No time at all.
"From the award-winning author of the memoir The Three of Us, a lyrical exploration--part travelogue and part history--of the area beneath the North Sea which, until 6,000 years ago, was home to a rich ecosystem and human settlement. Shortly after her husband's death, Julia Blackburn became fascinated with Doggerland, the stretch of land that once connected Great Britain to Europe but is now subsumed by the North Sea. She was driven to explore the lives of the people who lived there--studying its fossil record, as well as human artifacts that have been discovered near the area. Now, she brings her reader along on her journey across Great Britain and parts of Continental Europe, introducing us to the paleontologists, archaeologists, fishermen, and fellow Doggerland enthusiasts she meets along the way. As Doggerland begins to come into focus, what emerges is a profound meditation on time, a sense of infinity as going backwards, and an intimation of the immensity of everything that has already passed through its time on earth and disappeared"--
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2018048745
Blackburn, Julia--Travel--North Sea.
Submerged lands--History.--North Sea
Prehistoric peoples--North Sea.
Mesolithic period--North Sea.
North Sea--Description and travel.
North Sea--Antiquities.
England--Description and travel.
Europe, Northern--Description and travel.
Travel writing.
Time song : journeys in search of a submerged land / Julia Blackburn ; with drawings by Enrique Brinkmann. - First United States edition. - ix, 292 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Includes index. "Originally published in Great Britain by Jonathan Cape, an imprint of Vintage Publishing, Penguin Random House, UK, London in 2019"--Title page verso.
Old time -- Middle time -- No time at all.
"From the award-winning author of the memoir The Three of Us, a lyrical exploration--part travelogue and part history--of the area beneath the North Sea which, until 6,000 years ago, was home to a rich ecosystem and human settlement. Shortly after her husband's death, Julia Blackburn became fascinated with Doggerland, the stretch of land that once connected Great Britain to Europe but is now subsumed by the North Sea. She was driven to explore the lives of the people who lived there--studying its fossil record, as well as human artifacts that have been discovered near the area. Now, she brings her reader along on her journey across Great Britain and parts of Continental Europe, introducing us to the paleontologists, archaeologists, fishermen, and fellow Doggerland enthusiasts she meets along the way. As Doggerland begins to come into focus, what emerges is a profound meditation on time, a sense of infinity as going backwards, and an intimation of the immensity of everything that has already passed through its time on earth and disappeared"--
9781101871676 1101871679
2018048745
Blackburn, Julia--Travel--North Sea.
Submerged lands--History.--North Sea
Prehistoric peoples--North Sea.
Mesolithic period--North Sea.
North Sea--Description and travel.
North Sea--Antiquities.
England--Description and travel.
Europe, Northern--Description and travel.
Travel writing.