Sixty degrees north : around the world in search of home

Tallack, Malachy2015

Books

Find it!
Remove Sixty degrees north : around the world in search of home from your current list Save Sixty degrees north : around the world in search of home to your current list

Total copies: 2

Available: 2

Availability by location

Place reservation

Summary

The sixtieth parallel marks a kind of borderland. It wraps itself around the lower reaches of Finland, Sweden, and Norway; it crosses the tip of Greenland and of Southcentral Alaska; it cuts the great spaces of Russia and Canada in half. The parallel also passes through Shetland, at the very top of the British Isles. In this volume, Malachy Tallack explores the places that share this latitude, beginning and ending in Shetland, where he has spent most of his life. The book focuses on the landscapes and natural environments of the parallel, and the way that people have interacted with those landscapes. It explores themes of wildness and community, of isolation and engagement, of exile and memory.