Where my feet fall : going for a walk in twenty stories /
Where my feet fall : going for a walk in twenty stories /
edited by Duncan Minshull.
- 230 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
Walking, a departure / Richard Ford -- Following others / Tim Parks -- We going Santiago / Ingrid Persaud -- Skiddaw / A.L. Kennedy -- Around Deer's Slope / Pico Iyer -- Even Greater Kailash and (Parts of Conoor) / Keshava Guha -- A record (rain) / Jessica J. Lee -- A curvy road is better than a straight one / Sally Bayley -- Hard shoulder / Harland Miller -- Grain... again / Will Self -- Routes / Irenoson Okojie -- Lost / Joanna Kavenna -- Portals / Agnès Poirier -- 'Faraway places near here' / Sinéad Gleeson -- Lucky horseshoe / Kathleen Rooney -- Depths of field / Josephine Rowe -- Out of my cage / Kamila Shamsie -- Shore / Cynan Jones -- Lot's wife, and some reflections on walking at night / Nicholas Shakespeare -- The returns home / Patrick Gale.
"Walking can connect us to our surroundings and free us from our worries. It can raise our heart rate and relax our minds. It can lead us across historic ground and inspire new thinking. In this collection, twenty writers set out on new adventures, or in the company of old memories. These are stories to dip into from all walks of life. Together, they capture the magic and opportunity that can arrive when you put one foot in front of the other. This collection features Tim Parks, Kamila Shamsie, Will Self, Nicholas Shakespeare, Irenosen Okojie, Ingrid Persaud, Al Kennedy, Cynan Jones, Sally Bayley, Joanna Kavenna, and more"--Publisher's description.
9780008414115 0008414114 0008549338 9780008549336
GBC201008 bnb
020442115 Uk
Walking.
Walking--Literary collections.
Authors--Travel.
Travel writing.
Anecdotes.
Literature.
Walking, a departure / Richard Ford -- Following others / Tim Parks -- We going Santiago / Ingrid Persaud -- Skiddaw / A.L. Kennedy -- Around Deer's Slope / Pico Iyer -- Even Greater Kailash and (Parts of Conoor) / Keshava Guha -- A record (rain) / Jessica J. Lee -- A curvy road is better than a straight one / Sally Bayley -- Hard shoulder / Harland Miller -- Grain... again / Will Self -- Routes / Irenoson Okojie -- Lost / Joanna Kavenna -- Portals / Agnès Poirier -- 'Faraway places near here' / Sinéad Gleeson -- Lucky horseshoe / Kathleen Rooney -- Depths of field / Josephine Rowe -- Out of my cage / Kamila Shamsie -- Shore / Cynan Jones -- Lot's wife, and some reflections on walking at night / Nicholas Shakespeare -- The returns home / Patrick Gale.
"Walking can connect us to our surroundings and free us from our worries. It can raise our heart rate and relax our minds. It can lead us across historic ground and inspire new thinking. In this collection, twenty writers set out on new adventures, or in the company of old memories. These are stories to dip into from all walks of life. Together, they capture the magic and opportunity that can arrive when you put one foot in front of the other. This collection features Tim Parks, Kamila Shamsie, Will Self, Nicholas Shakespeare, Irenosen Okojie, Ingrid Persaud, Al Kennedy, Cynan Jones, Sally Bayley, Joanna Kavenna, and more"--Publisher's description.
9780008414115 0008414114 0008549338 9780008549336
GBC201008 bnb
020442115 Uk
Walking.
Walking--Literary collections.
Authors--Travel.
Travel writing.
Anecdotes.
Literature.