Moves into wilder territory: the fjords, cliffs, hills and islands of north-west Connemara, a place that Wittgenstein, who lived on his own in a cottage there for a time, called 'the last pool of darkness in Europe'.
Moves into wilder territory: the fjords, cliffs, hills and islands of north-west Connemara, a place that Wittgenstein, who lived on his own in a cotta...
A trilogy, which Robert Macfarlane has called 'one of the most remarkable non-fiction projects undertaken in English'. It tells about the people, places and history of south Connemara - one of Ireland's last Gaelic-speaking enclaves - with the encyclopaedic knowledge of a cartographer and the grace of a born writer.
A trilogy, which Robert Macfarlane has called 'one of the most remarkable non-fiction projects undertaken in English'. It tells about the people, plac...
In its landscape, history and folklore, Connemara is a singular region: ill-defined geographically, and yet unmistakably a place apart from the rest of Ireland. This book is the result of engagement with the mountains, bogs and shorelines of the region, and with its folklore and its often terrible history.
In its landscape, history and folklore, Connemara is a singular region: ill-defined geographically, and yet unmistakably a place apart from the rest o...