To the River: A Journey Beneath the Surface

Paperback Published on: 05/04/2012
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To the River
So Much More than a Walk Along a River
This is a book that can be read on many different levels; Olivia Laing walks along the River Ouse in Sussex, describing the trials, tribulations, discoveri... READ MORE
Jane Mac
To the River
So Much More than a Walk Along a River
This is a book that can be read on many different levels; Olivia Laing walks along the River Ouse in Sussex, describing the trials, tribulations, discoveri... READ MORE
Jane Mac

Synopsis

To the River is the story of the Ouse, the Sussex river in which Virginia Woolf drowned in 1941. One idyllic, midsummer week over sixty years later, Olivia Laing walks Woolf's river from source to sea. The result is a passionate investigation into how history resides in a landscape - and how ghosts never quite leave the places they love.

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Canongate Books
  • ISBN: 9781847677938
  • Number of pages: 304
  • Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 18 mm
  • Weight: 205g

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To the River
A gentle meandering memoir, rich with history and beauty
I thoroughly believe that some books have to be read in certain places, and I desperately wanted to read To The River by the water, with a flask of coffee.... READ MORE
Lizzie | @littlehux
To the River
Lovely book
There are many stories in the book, layered and interwoven, but all centred around the River Ouse that runs from Slaugham to Newhaven through the Sussex We... READ MORE
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