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Salt On Your Tongue
Women and the Sea
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Ideal for readers interested in poetry, personal memoirs, women’s history, and nature writing, especially those drawn to maritime themes and cultural reflections on the sea. Fans of lyrical, thoughtful prose and explorations of mythology, art, and familial connections will find this book compelling.
A lyrical exploration of the sea, how it inspires art, music and literature and how it connects us, from the Daily Telegraph's poetry critic.
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'An ode to the ocean, and the generations of women drawn to the waves or left waiting on the shore' - Guardian.
In Salt On Your Tongue, Charlotte Runcie explores what the sea means to us, and particularly what it has meant to women through the ages. In mesmerising prose, she explores how the sea has inspired, fascinated, and terrified us, and how she herself fell in love with the deep blue.
This book is a walk on the beach with Turner, with Shakespeare, with the Romantic Poets and shanty-singers. It's an ode to our oceans - to the sailors who brave their treacherous waters, to the women who lost their loved ones to the waves, to the creatures that dwell in their depths, to beach-combers, swimmers, seabirds, and mermaids.
Navigating through ancient Greek myths, poetry, shipwrecks, and Scottish folktales, Salt On Your Tongue is about how the wild untameable waves can help us understand what it means to be human.
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This book has been praised for its lyrical and poetic style that blends personal memoir with cultural history. The Observer highlights Runcie's "cool confidence and unshowy clarity" and the book's collection of "pocketable treasures". The Times describes it as "intoxicating" and commends Runcie's sensitivity to language and landscape. The Guardian calls it "an ode to the ocean" featuring a "wide, eclectic cast of characters". The Daily Telegraph notes the book's "seductive" merger of memoir and scholarly reportage, emphasising Runcie's "beachcomber's mind and poet's turn of phrase".
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ISBN: 9781786891211
Publisher: Canongate Books
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 30 January 2020
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Canongate Books
Edition: Main
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 23.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 264g
Pages: 384
About the Author
Charlotte Runcie is the Daily Telegraph's radio columnist and arts writer. For several years she lived and worked in Edinburgh, where she ran a folk-music choir, and she now lives in the Scottish Borders. She has a secret past as a poet, having been a Foyle Young Poet of the Year with a pamphlet published by tall-lighthouse. Salt On Your Tongue is her first book.
@charlotteruncie | charlotteruncie.com
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