Stones of Aran: Pilgrimage

Stones of Aran: Pilgrimage
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The Aran Islands, in Galway Bay off the west coast of Ireland, are a unique geological and cultural landscape, and for centuries their stark beauty and their inhabitantsâ€™ traditional way of life have attracted pilgrims from abroad. The Aran Islands, in Galway Bay off the west coast of Ireland, are a unique geological and cultural landscape, and for centuries their stark beauty and their inhabitantsâ€™ traditional way of life have attracted pilgrims from abroad. After a visit with his wife in 1972, Tim Robinson moved to the islands, where he started making maps and gathering stories, eventually developing the idea for a cosmic history of Ãrainn, the largest of the three islands. Pilgrimage is the first of two volumes that make up Stones of Aran, in which Robinson maps the length and breadth of Ãrainn. Here he circles the entire island, following a clockwise, sunwise path in quest of the â€œgood step,â€ in which walking itself becomes a form of attention and contemplation.

Like Annie Dillardâ€™s Pilgrim at Tinker Creek and Bruce Chatwinâ€™s In Patagonia, Stones of Aran is not only a meticulous and mesmerizing study of place but an entrancing and altogether unclassiï¬able work of literature. Robinson explores Aran in both its elemental and mythical dimensions, taking us deep into the islandâ€™s folklore, wildlife, names, habitations, and natural and human histories. Bringing to life the ongoing, forever unpredictable encounter between one man and a given landscape, Stones of Aran discovers worlds.

Robinsonâ€™s voyage continues in Stones of Aran: Labyrinth
Country USA
Brand New York Review of Books
Manufacturer NYRB Classics
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781590172773
Color Grey
ReleaseDate 2008-08-05
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781590172773

Country	USA
Brand	New York Review of Books
Manufacturer	NYRB Classics
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9781590172773
Color	Grey
ReleaseDate	2008-08-05
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781590172773

Stones of Aran: Pilgrimage

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