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To the River: A Journey beneath the Surface

16 Ratings

4.3

Duration
8H 29min
Language
English
Format
Category

Non-Fiction

Over sixty years after Virginia Woolf drowned in the River Ouse, Olivia Laing set out one midsummer morning to walk its banks, from source to sea. Along the way, she explores the roles that rivers play in human lives, tracing their intricate flow through literature, mythology, and folklore.

Lyrical and stirring, To the River is a passionate investigation into how history resides in a landscape—and how ghosts never quite leave the places they love.

© 2019 Blackstone Publishing (Audiobook): 9781982664138

Release date

Audiobook: 28 May 2019

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