{"product_id":"stones-of-aran-pilgrimage-paperback","title":"Stones of Aran: Pilgrimage - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTim Robinson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRobert MacFarlane\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Aran Islands, in Galway Bay off the west coast of Ireland, are a unique geological and cultural landscape, and for centuries their stark beauty and their inhabitants' traditional way of life have attracted pilgrims from abroad. The Aran Islands, in Galway Bay off the west coast of Ireland, are a unique geological and cultural landscape, and for centuries their stark beauty and their inhabitants' traditional way of life have attracted pilgrims from abroad. After a visit with his wife in 1972, Tim Robinson moved to the islands, where he started making maps and gathering stories, eventually developing the idea for a cosmic history of  rainn, the largest of the three islands. \u003ci\u003ePilgrimage\u003c\/i\u003e is the first of two volumes that make up \u003ci\u003eStones of Aran\u003c\/i\u003e, in which Robinson maps the length and breadth of  rainn. Here he circles the entire island, following a clockwise, sunwise path in quest of the \"good step,\" in which walking itself becomes a form of attention and contemplation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLike Annie Dillard's \u003ci\u003ePilgrim at Tinker Creek\u003c\/i\u003e and Bruce Chatwin's \u003ci\u003eIn Patagonia\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStones of Aran\u003c\/i\u003e is not only a meticulous and mesmerizing study of place but an entrancing and altogether unclassifiable work of literature. Robinson explores Aran in both its elemental and mythical dimensions, taking us deep into the island's folklore, wildlife, names, habitations, and natural and human histories. Bringing to life the ongoing, forever unpredictable encounter between one man and a given landscape, \u003ci\u003eStones of Aran\u003c\/i\u003e discovers worlds. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRobinson's voyage continues in \u003ci\u003eStones of Aran: Labyrinth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTim Robinson\u003c\/b\u003e was brought up in Yorkshire. He studied at Cambridge University and worked as a teacher and artist in Istanbul, Vienna, and London. In 1972 he moved to the Aran Islands, where he gained fame as a mapmaker. He learned Gaelic and began preserving Irish place-names, winning respect as an environmentalist and a Ford European Conversation Award. \u003ci\u003eStones of Aran: Pilgrimage\u003c\/i\u003e, published in 1985, won the Irish Book Award Literature Medal and a Rooney Prize Special Award for Literature in 1987. His other books include \u003ci\u003eStones of Aran: Labyrinth\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSetting Foot on the Shores of Connemara\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMy Time in Space\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Macfarlane\u003c\/b\u003e's \u003ci\u003eMountains of the Mind\u003c\/i\u003e (2003), about wilderness and the Western imagination, won the Somerset Maugham Award and the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e First Book Award, among other prizes.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 05, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771263287584,"sku":"9781590172773","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/85679452dfe5881ff7922629c6955e45.webp?v=1780383787","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/stones-of-aran-pilgrimage-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}