A Tomb With a View – The Stories & Glories of Graveyards

Scottish Non-fiction Book of the Year 2021

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**WINNER OF THE SCOTTISH NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2021**<br><br>**A FINANCIAL TIMES, I PAPER AND STYLIST BOOK OF THE YEAR**<br><br>'In his absorbing book about the lost and the gone, Peter Ross takes us from Flanders Fields to Milltown to Kensal Green, to melancholy islands and surprisingly lively ossuaries . . . a considered and moving book on the timely subject of how the dead are remembered, and how they go on working below the surface of our lives.' - Hilary Mantel<br><br>'Ross is a wonderfully evocative writer, deftly capturing a sense of place and history, while bringing a deep humanity to his subject. He has written a delightful book.' - The Guardian<br><br>'The pages burst with life and anecdote while also examining our relationship with remembrance.' - Financial Times (best travel books of 2020)<br><br>'Among the year's most surprising "sleeper" successes is A Tomb with a View. In a year with so much death, it may have initially seemed a hard sell, but the author's humanity has instead acted as a beacon of light in the darkness.' <br>-The Sunday Times<br><br>'Fascinating . . . Ross makes a likeably idiosyncratic guide and one finishes the book feeling strangely optimistic about the inevitable.' - The Observer<br><br>'Ross has written [a] lively elegy to Britain's best burial grounds.' - Evening Standard (*Best New Books of Autumn 2020*)<br>'One of the non-fiction books of the year.' - The i paper (*2020 Best Books for Christmas*)<br><br>'Brilliant.' - Stylist (*Best Christmas books for Christmas 2020*)<br><br>'Never has a book about death been so full of life. James Joyce and Charles Dickens would've loved it - a book that reveals much gravity in the humour and many stories in the graveyard. It also reveals Peter Ross to be among the best non-fiction writers in the country.' - Andrew O'Hagan<br><br>'His stories are always a joy.' - Ian Rankin<br><br>'I'm a card-carrying admirer of Peter Ross.' - Robert Macfarlane<br><br>'A startling, delight-fille

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EAN

9781472267788

Sprache

Englisch

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Taschenbuch

Maße

193 x 129 x 27 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2022

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