The Bone Cave (eBook)

A Highland Journey through Myth and Memory

Dougie Strang (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2023
256 Seiten
Birlinn (Verlag)
978-1-78885-644-7 (ISBN)

Infos

This is a book about stories – old stories of people and place, and of the more-than-human world.
A vivid account of a journey through the Scottish Highlands, The Bone Cave follows a series of folktales and myths to the places in which they're set. Travelling mostly on foot, and camping along the way amid some of Scotland's most beautiful and rugged landscapes, Dougie Strang encounters a depth of meaning to the tales he tracks – one that offers a unique perspective on place, culture, land ownership and ecological stewardship, as well as insights into his own entanglement with place.
Dougie sets out on his walk at the beginning of October, which also marks the start of the red deer rut. The bellowing of stags forms the soundtrack to his journey and is a reminder that, as well as mapping invisible landscapes of story, he is also exploring the tangible, living landscape of the present.
Longlisted for the Highland Book Prize

Autor

Dougie Strang is a writer, storyteller and performer whose work is inspired by the Scottish landscape. Born and brought up in Glasgow, he studied folkore at Edinburgh University, and has lived and worked in numerous places, including the Scottish island of Iona, Portugal and New Zealand. He has created and directed work for numerous festivals and events and is a core member of the Dark Mountain Project, the international network of writers, artists, scientists and others whose work addresses current social and environmental crises.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.12.2023
• Zusatzinfo: Maps
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Reiseberichte
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Reiseführer
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften
• Schlagworte: 2023 Highland Book Prize Longlisted • Alastair McIntosh • Beautiful • Dougie Strang • Ecology • Folklore • Hidden Fires • Highland Book Prize • highlands and islands • inspiring • James Macdonald Lockhart • Land ownership • Landscapes • longlisted • Magic • Meditation • Memoir • Mental Health • Merryn Glover • myths and legends • Natural History • Nature writing • New Writers Award • Non-fiction • Raptor • red deer • Scotland • Scottish Book Trust • Scottish culture • Scottish Highlands • scottish travel • stags • Storytelling • The Cailleach • Travel writing • vivid • Wild Air • wildlife
• ISBN-10: 1-78885-644-9 / 1788856449
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78885-644-7 / 9781788856447