萨恩·海伦:威尔士的过去、现在和未来之旅 2023 年水石威尔士年度图书奖 Sarn Helen: A Journey Through Wales, Past, Present and Future Tom Bullough

基本信息

Format:Paperback / softback

Publisher:Granta Books

Imprint:Granta Books

ISBN:9781783788118

Published:22 Feb 2024

Classifications:Wales, Prose: non-fiction, Conservation of the environment

Weight:200g

Dimensions:128 x 198 x 19 (mm)

基本信息仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

2023 年沃顿威尔士年度图书，入选 2023 年温莱特奖候选书单《Addlands》的作者杰基-莫里斯（Jackie Morris）为该书绘制了插图，这是一次令人身临其境、回味无穷的威尔士非虚构之旅，也是一次对威尔士过去、现在和未来的启示性沉思。萨恩-海伦（Sarn Helen）--海伦堤道（Helen's Causeway）--是一条从威尔士南部通往北部的古老罗马大道。汤姆有时独自行走，有时结伴而行，他描述了周围不断变化的风景，探索了这个因语言和地理而分裂的国家的政治、文化和神话历史。

与这段旅程同时进行的，还有汤姆对气候危机问题及其可能对威尔士海岸线造成的影响的关注。作为威尔士著名的年轻作家之一，《萨恩-海伦》既是一幅生动的、令人身临其境的民族画卷，也是对我们如何被地方塑造并反过来塑造地方--可能是不可逆转的--的共鸣式沉思。

WATERSTONES WELSH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023LONGLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE 2023From the author of Addlands, and featuring illustrations by Jackie Morris, an immersive and evocative non-fictional journey through Wales and a revelatory meditation on the nation's past, present and future. Sarn Helen - Helen's Causeway - is the old Roman Road that runs from the south of Wales to the north. As Tom walks the route, sometimes alone, sometimes in company, he describes the changing landscape around him and explores the political, cultural and mythical history of this country that has been so divided, by language and by geography.

Running alongside this journey is the story of Tom's engagement with the issue of the climate crisis and its likely impact on the Welsh coastline. From one of Wales' most celebrated younger writers, Sarn Helen is at once a vivid and immersive portrait of a nation, and a resonant meditation upon the way in which we are shaped by place and in turn shape the places - potentially irrevocably.

作者简介

汤姆-布洛（Tom Bullough）在拉德诺郡（Radnorshire）的一个山丘农场长大，现在住在布雷肯郡（Breconshire），也算是偏远地区。这两个地方都位于威尔士中部。他当过锯木厂工人、津巴布韦音乐推广人、拖拉机手，还为《ROUGH GUIDES》系列的多部作品撰稿。他著有《A》（《卫报》）、《克劳德的玻璃杯》（《独立报》）和《康斯坦丁》（《TLS》）。

Tom Bullough grew up on a hill farm in Radnorshire and now lives in Breconshire, no less remotely. Both of these places are in mid-Wales. He has worked as a sawmiller, a Zimbabwean music promoter, a tractor driver and a contributor to various titles in the ROUGH GUIDES series. He is the author of the "immensely enjoyable" (Guardian) A, the "truly memorable" (Independent) THE CLAUDE GLASS and the "mesmerizing" (TLS) KONSTANTIN.