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Sightlines (2012)

by Kathleen Jamie(Favorite Author)

4.3 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

095630866X (ISBN13: 9780956308665)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

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review 1: Read this in the right place - a log cabin miles from Roy Bridge, which is miles from anywhere, with a log burning stove and dogs to walk. Borrowed it from the library for holiday reading and will probably have to buy myself a copy although the writing is so sharp that I can almost imagine I know some of the pieces by heart. Every page is interesting and both brings something new and joins it to my own experience.
review 2: The thoughtfulness and delicately imagistic writing make this collection of essays built around the Scottish islands and whales an exceptional read. I am moved to turn to Jamie's earlier essays and her book about Afghanistan. Certainly, I have found this much more rewarding than Sullivan's PULPHEAD which I am also reading now; he suffers f... morerom too much US hype, the repetitive vulgarity of his topics, and the ubiquity of his writing presence. less

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