The Boundless River

Stories from the Realm of the Rhine

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Beschreibung

"A joy to read" Times Literary Supplement<br><br>"[A] stirring and accessible history of the mighty Rhine" Irish Times<br> <br>"It's easy to be swept away by Deen's delightful prose" New Statesman<br><br>"A beautiful book, by turns poetic, witty and full of learning " PATRICK McGUINNESS<br><br>The Boundless River takes the reader into a unique world - the twilight zone between fact and fiction, science and imagination - and on a journey which moves effortlessly from a time in prehistory, long before the existence of a European continent, to the present day. Along the way Deen encounters paleontologists, geologists, museum curators, taxidermists, fishermen and skippers who work the boats, who still see the Rhine as a living entity.<br> <br>From the mighty hippos that swam in its waters millions of years ago, to the weary salmon that saw their habitat slowly change and the aurochs that grazed its shores; from the primordial Steinheim Woman to the Roman general Corbulo who commanded settlements along its delta, to a young Goethe: in all of their stories the Rhine is ever present, sometimes as the main character, sometimes as an extra, as a theatre of war, a border between nations, a bathing spot, a killer, a vital transport route.<br> <br>Beautifully fluid, rich and captivating, The Boundless River shows how the Rhine connects and divides, terrifies, comforts, carries and swallows, and has done since the beginning of time.<br> <br>Translated from the Dutch by Jane Hedley-Prôle and Jonathan Reeder

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781529424171

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

196 x 127 x 23 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2025

Verlag / Hersteller

Quercus Publishing Plc