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Swordfish and the Star : Life on Cornwall's Most Treacherous Stretch of Coast by Gavin Knight (2017, Uk-B Format Paperback)
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The Penwith Peninsula in Cornwall is where the land ends. In The Swordfish and the Star Gavin Knight takes us into this huddle of grey roofs at the edge of the sea at the beginning of the twenty-first century. He catches the stories of a whole community, but especially those still working this last frontier: the Cornish fishermen. These are the dreamers and fighters who every day prepare for battle with the vast grey Atlantic. Cornwall and its seas are brought to life, mixing drinking and drugs and sea spray, moonlit beaches and shattering storms, myth and urban myth. The result is an arresting tapestry of a place we thought we knew; the precarious reality of life in Cornwall today emerges from behind our idyllic holiday snaps and picture postcards. Even the quaint fishermen’s pubs on the.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Random House
ISBN-101784700991
ISBN-139781784700997
eBay Product ID (ePID)234011172
Product Key Features
Book TitleSwordfish and the Star : Life on Cornwall's Most Treacherous Stretch of Coast
Number of Pages256 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2017
TopicCultural Heritage, Sociology / General, Social History, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Europe / Great Britain / General, Fishing, Customs & Traditions
GenreBiography & Autobiography, Sports & Recreation, History, Social Science
AuthorGavin Knight
FormatUK-B Format Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight10.2 oz.
Item Length7.8 in
Item Width5.2 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
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- 13. Jul. 2017
Brilliant !
Outstanding recollection of stories of a variety of Cornish characters and describing the hard life that many of them lead eking out a living from the wild coast and sea.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Neu
- 21. Nov. 2018
Best Book
Absolutely brilliant bookBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 15. Jan. 2020
Cornwall
An insight into the Cornish psyche.Well written.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
