Fascinating, thoughtful, erudite, unpretentious, slightly batty and entirely captivating

- John Carey, Sunday Times

<p>A poetic and passionate story of light in darkness</p>

The Times

Vagrant, erudite, frequently comical. A stylist of amazing wit and skill. A compendious, moving and impassioned guide

Irish Times

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Gloriously multifaceted and engaging. A gorgeous, thoughtful book

Sunday Telegraph

Attlee is a true enthusiast, and is fascinated by, indeed loves, his subject. He writes beautifully and often thrillingly about the moon in all its - her? - aspects, and it will be a dull-minded reader who comes away from this book without a new or at least renewed regard for the extraordinary, silver satellite that is our world's constant companion

- John Banville, Guardian

A wistful, fact-filled and esoteric treat

Sunday Times

For many of us the moon, and the chill light it casts, are things we either ignore or take for granted. It wouldn't enter our heads therefore to set off around the world in search of moonlight. But, as James Attlee's eccentric quest proves, we couldn't be more wrong.

From Normandy to Naples, Wales to Arizona, Las Vegas to Japan, Attlee explores moonlight's many moods and meanings. Taking in the ancient and modern, art and literature, science and music, Nocturne travels far and deep to provide a portrait of an enigmatic light increasingly endangered in our over-illuminated world.

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For many of us the moon, and the chill light it casts, are things we either ignore or take for granted. From Normandy to Naples, Wales to Arizona, Las Vegas to Japan, this title explores moonlight's many moods and meanings.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780141039312
Publisert
2012-03-01
Utgiver
Penguin Books Ltd; Penguin Books Ltd
Vekt
350 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
30 mm
Aldersnivå
01, P, U, G, 06, 05, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
320

Forfatter

Om bidragsyterne

James Attlee lives in Oxford and works in art publishing in London. He is the author of Isolarion: a Different Oxford Journey and the co-author, with Lisa Le Feuvre, of Gordon Matta-Clark: The Space Between.