To the River - (Canons) by Olivia Laing (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Over sixty years after Virginia Woolf drowned in the River Ouse, Olivia Laing set out one midsummer morning to walk its banks, from source to sea. Along the way, she explores the roles that rivers play in human lives, tracing their intricate flow through literature, mythology and folklore.</p><p>Lyrical and stirring, <i>To the River</i> is a passionate investigation into how history resides in a landscape - and how ghosts never quite leave the places they love.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>A gentle, wise and riddling book--ROBERT MACFARLANE<br><br>Magical . . . By turns lyrical, melancholic and exultant, <i>To the River</i> just makes you want to follow Olivia Laing all the way to the sea--PHILIP HOARE "Daily Telegraph "<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Olivia Laing </b>is a widely acclaimed writer and critic. Her work appears in numerous publications, including the <i>Guardian</i>, <i> Observer</i>, <i>New Statesman</i>, <i>Frieze</i> and <i>New York Times.</i> She's a Yaddo and MacDowell Fellow and was 2014 Eccles Writer in Residence at the British Library. <i>To the River</i> was shortlisted for the Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize and the Dolman Travel Book of the Year. Her second book, <i>The Trip to Echo Spring</i> was shortlisted for the 2013 Costa Biography Award and the 2014 Gordon Burn Prize, and <i>The Lonely City</i> has been shortlisted for the 2016 Gordon Burn Prize. She lives in Cambridge.
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