{"product_id":"the-long-field-wales-and-the-presence-of-absence-a-memoir-hardcover","title":"The Long Field: Wales and the Presence of Absence, a Memoir - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePamela Petro\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor readers of \u003ci\u003eH Is for Hawk\u003c\/i\u003e, an intimate memoir of belonging and loss and a mesmerizing travelogue through the landscapes and language of Wales\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHiraeth\u003c\/i\u003e is a Welsh word that's famously hard to translate. Literally, it can mean \"long field\" but generally translates into English, inadequately, as \"homesickness.\" At heart, hiraeth suggests something like a bone-deep longing for an irretrievable place, person, or time--an acute awareness of the presence of absence. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Long Field\u003c\/i\u003e, Pamela Petro braids essential hiraeth stories of Wales with tales from her own life--as an American who found an ancient home in Wales, as a gay woman, as the survivor of a terrible AMTRAK train crash, and as the daughter of a parent with dementia. Through the pull and tangle of these stories and her travels throughout Wales, hiraeth takes on radical new meanings. There is traditional hiraeth of place and home, but also queer hiraeth; and hiraeth triggered by technology, immigration, ecological crises, and our new divisive politics. On this journey, the notion begins to morph from a uniquely Welsh experience to a universal human condition, from deep longing to the creative responses to loss that Petro sees as the genius of Welsh culture. It becomes a tool to understand ourselves in our time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A finalist for the Wales Book of the Year Award and named to the\u003ci\u003e Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e's and \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times's\u003c\/i\u003e Top 10 lists for travel writing, \u003ci\u003eThe Long Field\u003c\/i\u003e is an unforgettable exploration of \"the hidden contours of the human heart.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePamela Petro \u003c\/b\u003eis a writer, artist, and educator and the author of four books, including \u003ci\u003eSitting Up with the Dead: A Storied Journey through the American South\u003c\/i\u003e (published by Arcade) and \u003ci\u003eTravels in an Old Tongue: \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eTouring the World Speaking Welsh.\u003c\/i\u003e Her work has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times, Atlantic, Granta, Guernica, Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and others. Pamela teaches creative writing at Smith College and in Lesley University's MFA Program, and is codirector of the Dylan Thomas Summer School at the University of Wales, where she is a fellow. Pamela is also a visual artist who lives in Northampton, MA, with her partner, Marguerite, and Pembroke Welsh Corgi, Topaz. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 356\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.16 x 9.28 x 6.39 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 15, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51764836106528,"sku":"9781956763676","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/2d1538fa786909e6f5015b30ece2f6bc.webp?v=1780256108","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-long-field-wales-and-the-presence-of-absence-a-memoir-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}