An Eye on the Hebrides

An Illustrated Journey

Mairi Hedderwick (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

144 Seiten

2024 | Reissue
Birlinn Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78027-915-2 (ISBN)

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Filled with wit and wisdom that is matched by her spell-binding illustrations, in this book Mairi Hedderwick portrays the Western Isles in all their diversity, with swift and perceptive cameos of everyday life drawn with humour and affection alongside gorgeous landscapes which capture the truly magical beauty of the Hebrides.

Mairi Hedderwick embarks on a six-month-long journey to 40 islands from Arran to Lewis, recounting her pilgrimage around the archipelago of the Western Isles with which she has had a lifelong love affair.

Filled with wit and wisdom that is matched by her spell-binding illustrations, Mairi Hedderwick portrays the islands in all their diversity, with swift and perceptive cameos of everyday life drawn with humour and affection alongside gorgeous landscapes which capture the truly magical beauty of the Hebrides.

At seventeen, Mairi Hedderwick took a job as a mother’s help on the Isle of Coll in the Hebrides, beginning a life-long love affair with islands and their small communities.Mairi’s island world is delightfully reflected in the imaginary island of Struay where her perennially popular Katie Morag stories are set. As well as creating children’s books Mairi has also written and illustrated books for adults, including Highland Journey, Shetland Journey and Sea Change.

Erscheinungsdatum	21.08.2024
Zusatzinfo	Illustrations, black and white; Illustrations, color
Verlagsort	Edinburgh
Sprache	englisch
Maße	190 x 260 mm
Gewicht	535 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Regional- / Landesgeschichte
	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Europa
ISBN-10	1-78027-915-9 / 1780279159
ISBN-13	978-1-78027-915-2 / 9781780279152
Zustand	Neuware