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The acclaimed sequel to Armitage's top ten bestselling travel book Walking Home.
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The acclaimed sequel to Armitage's top ten bestselling travel book Walking Home.
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Not content with walking the Pennine Way as a modern day troubadour, an experience recounted in his bestseller and prize-winning Walking Home, the restless poet has followed up that journey with a walk of the same distance but through the very opposite terrain and direction far from home.
In Walking Away, Simon Armitage swaps the moorland uplands of the north for the coastal fringes of Britain's south west, once again giving readings every night, but this time through Somerset, Devon, and Cornwall, taking poetry into distant communities and tourist hot-spots, busking his way from start to finish.
From the surreal pleasuredome of Minehead Butlins to a smoke-filled roundhouse on the Penwith Peninsula, then out to the Isles of Scilly and beyond, Armitage tackles this personal Odyssey with all the poetic reflection and personal wit we've come to expect of one of Britain's best-loved and most popular writers.
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Walking Away by Simon Armitage receives praise for its lyrical prose and wit, capturing the essence of his coastal trek across south-west England. Reviewers appreciate Armitage's reflections on human nature and society, often highlighted through encounters with locals. The blend of poetic observation and humour engages readers, offering both entertainment and insight.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780571298365
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 05 May 2016
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Faber & Faber
Edition: Main
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 17.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 240g
Pages: 288
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About the Author
Simon Armitage was born in West Yorkshire and is Professor of Poetry at the University of Sheffield. He has published ten collections of poetry, is the author of two novels as well as the bestselling memoir, All Points North. In 2010 he received the CBE for his services to poetry.
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