The Wild Silence
Autor Raynor Winnen Limba Engleză Paperback – 27 mai 2021
Impactul pe care Raynor Winn l-a avut asupra literaturii de călătorie și memorii este incontestabil, transformând simplul act al mersului pe jos într-o formă de reziliență în fața tragediei. Dacă în The Salt Path. Film Tie-In am fost martorii unei supraviețuiri miraculoase pe coastele britanice, în The Wild Silence pătrundem într-o zonă mult mai intimă și reflexivă. Notăm cu interes felul în care autoarea reușește să captureze acea senzație de claustrofobie care apare atunci când, după o libertate totală sub cerul liber, ești nevoit să te întorci între patru pereți. Subliniem că acest volum nu este doar o continuare, ci o explorare profundă a legăturii viscerale dintre sănătatea umană și pământ.
Reținem metafora puternică a fermei din Cornwall pe care cuplul încearcă să o refacă: pe măsură ce natura își reintră în drepturi, și spiritul lor, greu încercat de boala degenerativă a lui Moth, pare să găsească un nou echilibru. Cine a apreciat portretul din The Salt Path va găsi aici aceeași profunzime biografică, aplicată însă contextului sedentarismului forțat și al încercării de a prinde rădăcini fără a pierde conexiunea cu sălbăticia. Stilul este unul luminos, cu o proză care „vibrează” de sinceritate, amintind de abordarea introspectivă din The Parallel Path de Jenn Ashworth, unde peisajul exterior devine o oglindă a vieții interioare. Spre deosebire de ritmul alert al drumului din prima carte, The Wild Silence are o cadență mai așezată, oferind cititorului spațiu pentru meditație asupra noțiunii de „acasă”.
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 024140147X
Pagini: 288
Dimensiuni: 126 x 193 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.2 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
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Despre autor
Raynor Winn a devenit o voce emblematică a literaturii contemporane de non-ficțiune după succesul fenomenal al volumului său de debut, The Salt Path, care a petrecut peste 80 de săptămâni în topurile Sunday Times. Scrisul ei este profund marcat de experiența personală a pierderii casei și a luptei cu boala soțului său, Moth. Prin lucrările sale, printre care se numără și Landlines, Winn explorează teme precum ecologia, reziliența umană și relația simbiotică dintre om și peisajul natural. A fost nominalizată la premii prestigioase precum Wainwright Prize, consolidându-și reputația de observator fin al naturii și al condiției umane în situații limită.
Notă biografică
Recenzii
Raynor Winn has written a brilliant, powerful and touching account of her life before and after The Salt Path, which, like her astonishing debut, will connect with anyone who has triumphed over adversity
A beautiful, luminous and magical piece of writing
Written in wise, unflinching, exquisite prose, this is a different kind of journey - into the past, into grief and also into Winn's search for connection. A spiritual journey instead of a physical one, and, for me at least, an even richer one
Deeply personal and spiritual in its exploration of the healing qualities of nature . . . Winn's writing transforms her surroundings and her spirits, her joy coming across clearly in her shimmering prose
In this unflinching sequel to The Salt Path, nature provides solace against forebodings of mortality . . . there is a luminous conviction to the prose
To follow Raynor Winn on her songline back to Cornwall is to know how it feels to walk yourself into the land you love and find peace at the end of the journey
An uplifting, illuminating read
Winn's soul-baring honesty and beautifully remembered, touching conversations will take your breath away
Notions of home are poignantly explored . . . Her evocations of weather, landscape, the sea and her love for her partner, Moth, who has an incurable neurodegenerative condition, are wonderful
Full of descriptions of dramatic landscapes that make the reader long for the great outdoors . . . an uplifting and illuminating book
Heart-rending. A love letter to the natural world in all its wondrous glory . . . spellbinding
Explores the challenge of returning to mainstream life after homelessness
The Wild Silence confirms Raynor as a natural and extremely talented writer with an incredible way with words. This book gives us all what we wanted to know at the end of The Salt Path which is what happened next. So moving, it made me cry . . . repeatedly
This book promises to take you away with the same amazing descriptive and emotive writing found in The Salt Path
Profoundly moving and emotionally transcendent reading
Unflinching . . . Another beautifully poignant read about triumph over adversity, and adjusting to life after immense change
Intimate in feel and ambitious in scope . . . Throughout it all [Winn] retains her faith in the importance of having an almost visceral connection to the land
This sequel sees the pair trying unsatisfactorily to readjust to normal life before finding ways to reharness nature's healing power
Moving. A must-read for anyone inspired by The Salt Path . . . another thoughtful memoir
The quality of Winn's writing draws us through the story with the same emotional honesty, lyricism and warmth that epitomises The Salt Path
A poignant and passionate, grounded yet uplifting journey of discovery in which we learn what can be found after all seems lost, The Wild Silence is a testament to the transformative power of nature and the fresh hope it nurtures within ourselves
Picks up the story where Winn's astonishing The Salt Path left off
Wise, unflinching, exquisite prose
Luminous and touching
Raynor Winn's story has become the stuff of legend
Writing with such honesty is a trademark of [Winn's] style
'9 new books to read this September'
Powerful
Beautiful
'Country Life Book of the Week'
Down to earth yet astonishing . . . touching
Descriere scurtă
LONGLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE 2021
'Beautiful, a thrill to read . . . you feel the world is a better place because Raynor and Moth are in it' The Times
'Brilliant, powerful and touching . . . will connect with anyone who has triumphed over adversity' Stephen Moss, author and naturalist
'A beautiful, luminous and magical piece of writing' Rachel Joyce, author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
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'It was the land, the earth, the deep humming background to my very being'
In 2016, days before they were unjustly evicted from their home, Raynor Winn was told her husband Moth was dying.
Instead of giving up they embarked on a life-changing journey: walking the 630-mile South West Coast Path, living by their wits, determination and love of nature.
But all journeys must end and when the couple return to civilisation they find that four walls feel like a prison, cutting them off from the sea and sky that sustained them - that had saved Moth's life.
So when the chance to rewild an old Cornish farm comes their way, they grasp it, hoping they'll not only reconnect with the natural world but also find themselves once again on its healing path . . .
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'Confirms Raynor as a natural and extremely talented writer with an incredible way with words. This book gives us all what we wanted to know at the end of The Salt Path which is what happened next. So moving, it made me cry . . . repeatedly' Sophie Raworth, BBC
'Winn's writing transforms her surroundings and her spirits, her joy coming across clearly in her shimmering prose' i
'Unflinching . . . There is a luminous conviction to the prose' Observer
'Notions of home are poignantly explored . . . wonderful' Guardian
**Nominated for the Holyer an Gof Memoir Award**
Praise for The Salt Path
'An astonishing narrative of two people dragging themselves from the depths of despair along some of the most dramatic landscapes in the country, looking for a solution to their problems and ultimately finding themselves' Independent
'This is what you need right now to muster hope and resilience . . . a beautiful story and a reminder that humans can endure adversity' Stylist
'The landscape is magical: shapeshifting seas and smugglers' coves; myriads of sea birds and mauve skies. Raynor writes exquisitely . . . it's a tale of triumph; of hope over despair, of love over everything' The Sunday Times
'The Salt Path is a life-affirming tale of enduring love that smells of the sea and tastes of a rich life. With beautiful, immersive writing, it is a story heart-achingly and beautifully told' Jackie Morris, illustrator of The Lost Words by Robert Macfarlane