Sightlines by Kathleen Jamie
In Sightlines, Kathleen Jamie reports from the field—from her native Scottish “byways and hills” to the frigid Arctic in fourteen enthralling essays. She dissects whatever her gaze falls upon—vistas of cells beneath a hospital microscope, orcas rounding a headland, the aurora borealis lighting up the frozen sea. In so doing, she questions what, exactly, constitutes “nature,” and upends the idea that it is always picturesque. Written with precision, subtlety, and wry humor, Sightlines urges the reader: “Keep looking, even when there’s nothing much to see.”Kathleen Jamie was born near 1962 in the west coast of Scotland. Her work has appeared in the London Review of Books, The New Yorker, The Times Literary Supplement, and other publications. She is a professor at St. She is a graduate of St. Andrews University and currently resides in Fife, Scotland.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781615190836 |
| ISBN 10 | 161519083X |
| Title | Sightlines |
| Author | Kathleen Jamie |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Experiment |
| Year published | 2013-09-10 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Prizes | Winner of John Burroughs Medal for Outstanding Natural History Writing (Natural History) 2014 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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