| Author: | Christopher Rush | ISBN: | 9781847675699 |
| Publisher: | Canongate Books | Publication: | July 1, 2010 |
| Imprint: | Canongate Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Christopher Rush |
| ISBN: | 9781847675699 |
| Publisher: | Canongate Books |
| Publication: | July 1, 2010 |
| Imprint: | Canongate Books |
| Language: | English |
In childhood there is no distinction between boy, bird, mammal or fish. A Twelvemonth and a Day is about change and growth, the fluctuating patterns in the worklife of a fishing and farming community throughout the cycle of a year, and about the year itself, the life of nature. It tells of how that symbolic year-and-a-day can be destroyed by forces we cannot seem to control-ignorance and greed, profit and loss, the wider forces of politics that damage communities and individuals. It is both a lament for a past time and a celebration of its vanished values.
In childhood there is no distinction between boy, bird, mammal or fish. A Twelvemonth and a Day is about change and growth, the fluctuating patterns in the worklife of a fishing and farming community throughout the cycle of a year, and about the year itself, the life of nature. It tells of how that symbolic year-and-a-day can be destroyed by forces we cannot seem to control-ignorance and greed, profit and loss, the wider forces of politics that damage communities and individuals. It is both a lament for a past time and a celebration of its vanished values.
