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Under the Rock
The Poetry of a Place
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* A startling contribution to the literature of landscape and place from a bracing new talent in non-fiction.; * Benjamin Myers is an award-winning novelist with a major cult following.; * His writing has been widely praised by novelists and nature writers alike.; * Will appeal to readers of Common Ground by Rob Cowen and The Old Ways by Robert Macfarlane.
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“Terrific: illuminating, gripping and deeply rooted in its setting” – Amy Liptrot, author of The Outrun,
“Riveting, raw … alarming and unforgettable” – Rob Cowen, author of Common Ground
Carved from the valley side above Mytholmroyd in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, Scout Rock is a steep crag overlooking wooded slopes and flat weed-tangled plateaus. To many, it is unremarkable; to others, it is a doomed place where 18th-century thieves would hide out, where the town tip once sat, suicides leapt to their death, and the asbestos that claimed so many lives was buried in the soil. Scout Rock is also the subject of Ted Hughes’s 1963 essay ‘The Rock’, in which the poet describes growing up across the valley from “my spiritual midwife...both the curtain and backdrop to my existence.”
Into this beautiful, dark, and complex landscape steps Benjamin Myers, asking: are unremarkable places made remarkable by the minds that map them? The result is a lyrical and unflinching investigation into nature, literature, history, memory, and the very meaning of place in modern Britain.
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Under the Rock by Benjamin Myers has received widespread acclaim for its evocative prose and immersive exploration of the landscape around Scout Rock in Yorkshire's Calder Valley. Reviewers laud its powerful and lyrical writing, which captures the elemental beauty of nature and the area's rich history. Critics highlight Myers' exceptional talent for creating a deeply atmospheric and engaging narrative that seamlessly blends nature writing with personal reflection and cultural history, earning it a place among notable non-fiction works.
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ISBN: 9781783963621
Publisher: Elliott & Thompson Limited
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 17 May 2018
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Elliott & Thompson Limited
Audience: General / adult
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Width: 138.0mm
Height: 216.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 384
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About the Author
Benjamin Myers is an author, journalist and poet. His novels include The Gallows Pole (2017), which received the Roger Deakin Award; Turning Blue (2016); Beastings (2014) which won the Portico Prize For Literature and the Northern Writers’ Award, was longlisted for a Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Award 2015 and chosen by Robert Macfarlane as one of his books of 2014; Pig Iron (2012), which won the inaugural Gordon Burn Prize and was runner-up in The Guardian’s Not The Booker Prize; and Richard (2010), a Sunday Times book of the year. His journalism regularly appears in The Guardian, New Statesman, Mojo, Caught By The River, New Scientist and others. In 2017 he was selected as writer for the International Literature Showcase. He lives in the Upper Calder Valley, West Yorkshire.
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