A Line in the World: A Year on the North Sea Coast Nors Dorthe
A celebrated Danish writer explores the unsung histories and geographies of her beloved slice of the world.Me, my notebook and my love of the wild and desolate. I wanted to do the opposite of what was…
Specifikacia A Line in the World: A Year on the North Sea Coast Nors Dorthe
A celebrated Danish writer explores the unsung histories and geographies of her beloved slice of the world.Me, my notebook and my love of the wild and desolate. I wanted to do the opposite of what was expected of me. It's a recurring pattern in my life. An instinct.Dorthe Nors's first nonfiction book chronicles a year she spent traveling along the North Sea coast--from Skagen at the northern tip of Denmark to the Wadden Sea Islands in the southwest. In fourteen expansive essays, Nors traces the history, geography, and culture of the places she visits while reflecting on her childhood and her family and ancestors' ties to region as well as her decision to move back there from Copenhagen. She writes about the ritual burning of witch effigies on Midsummer's Eve; the environmental activist who opposed a chemical factory in the 1950s; the quiet fishing villages
Line in the World Nors Dorthe
Line in the World Nors Dorthe
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Beneath the World, a Sea
Sunrise on the Coast
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