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OverviewThis is a book about silences. And land. Renowned anthropologist and film-maker Hugh Brody weaves a dazzling tapestry of personal memory and distant landscapes: childhood in England in the shadow of the Second World War, the Derbyshire hills, a kibbutz in Israel and the deep Canadian Arctic. Growing up on the outskirts of Sheffield, Hugh Brody ate roast beef and Yorkshire pudding but was always given to understand that the real, the perfect food came from his mother's home, Vienna. He attended Hebrew classes three times each week but was sent off to a Church of England boarding school. Conflicted and bewildered, he sought places to which he could escape - but everywhere he discovered deep and troubling silences.He takes us on his first journeys to the Arctic, a world so far removed from anything he had known as to be a chance to learn, all over again, what it can mean to be alive. As he reveals, the realities of the far north were a joy, but even there he found abuses of the people and the land - and voices that were deeply silenced by the forces of colonialism.In these landscapes, human well-being appears to be both possible and impossible. Yet in memory, in the land, in the defiance of silence, Hugh Brody sees a profound humanity - as well as hope. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Hugh BrodyPublisher: Faber & Faber Imprint: Faber & Faber Edition: Main Dimensions: Width: 12.90cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 19.80cm Weight: 0.189kg ISBN: 9780571370948ISBN 10: 0571370942 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 03 August 2023 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviews"""Landscapes of Silence is a remarkable, often uncomfortable, exploration of difficult terrains in which the author's pain and the damage done to indigenous peoples is livid and raw."" ― Literary Review" Landscapes of Silence is a remarkable, often uncomfortable, exploration of difficult terrains in which the author's pain and the damage done to indigenous peoples is livid and raw. Literary Review Author InformationHugh Brody is a writer, anthropologist and film-maker. After publishing Inishkillane, his classic study of the west of Ireland, he spent many years immersed in communities of indigenous peoples of the Arctic and Subarctic Canada. His books include The People's Land, Maps and Dreams, The Other Side of Eden and a collection of short stories, Means of Escape. His films include Nineteen-Nineteen, starring Paul Scofield and Maria Schell, and a series of documentaries made in the Canadian north. He also directed Tracks Across Sand, a set of films made with the ?Khomani Sanof the southern Kalahari. He lives in Suffolk with his wife, the actress Juliet Stevenson. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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