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Sea Room: An Island Life in the Hebrides (2002)

di Adam Nicolson

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"'Nicolson's chronicle is a fine book. Readers will be duly awed by his delicately layered story'--The New York Times Book Review; In 1937, Adam Nicolson's father answered a newspaper ad for a small cluster of three islands--The Shiants (Gaelic meaning 'holy' or 'enchanted')--which lie east of the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Sheer black cliffs drop five hundred feet into the cold, dark, rip currents of the Minch, lounging seals crowd at their feet and thousands upon thousands of sea birds swarm overhead in the sky. Nicolson inherited the islands when he was twenty-one and in this spellbinding and luminous book, he recalls his keenly deep connection to the wild, windswept, and yet enchantingly beautiful property. Not merely a haven of solitude, the islands, with a centuries-old past haunted by restless ghosts and tales of ancient treasure, came to be for Nicolson his heartland and a 'sea room'--a sailing term he uses to mean 'the sense of enlargement that island life can give you.' In passionate, prismatic prose, Sea Room celebrates this extraordinary landscape, exploring Nicolson's complicated relationship to the paradoxes of island life and the wonder of revelatory engagement with our natural world"--… (altro)
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Beautifully written, poetic in places, historical account of the Shiant Islands, lying off the east coast of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides. It is the author's love letter to a place, remote and challenging. He make the most of the meagre evidence to weave a fascinating tale and at every point his deep affection shines through, honest and inspiring. ( )
  DramMan | Mar 31, 2023 |
A superb, beautiful, luminous book. Nicolson's writing is vivid and immediate, his view of the islands loving but unsentimental. ( )
  PollyMoore3 | Dec 6, 2021 |
Superb Book ( )
  PDCRead | Apr 6, 2020 |
A beautiful book by the English owner of a trio of Scottish islands. Was a real joy to read. I can't recall ever reading another book with such a love of a particular place. Made me think of what it means to be from somewhere. Reminded me of The Farm in Greensboro. ( )
  jcvogan1 | Jan 5, 2020 |
A real let down and not what I expected. I thought it would be a present day, life on the island perspective. However, it was more a written record of the island's history and different uses over time. ( )
  kenno82 | Feb 27, 2018 |
His appreciation of natural history manifests itself in a passionate but never fanatical environmentalism. He is concerned, without becoming hysterical, about the condoms, cadmium and radioactive waste that travel the Minch these days. He longs for the return of white-tailed eagles and basking sharks. He also gives a detailed account of why the bladder wrack on the shores of Eilan an Tighe makes the best organic alternative to toilet paper.

Adam Nicolson's father bought the Shiants over 60 years ago.
 
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"'Nicolson's chronicle is a fine book. Readers will be duly awed by his delicately layered story'--The New York Times Book Review; In 1937, Adam Nicolson's father answered a newspaper ad for a small cluster of three islands--The Shiants (Gaelic meaning 'holy' or 'enchanted')--which lie east of the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Sheer black cliffs drop five hundred feet into the cold, dark, rip currents of the Minch, lounging seals crowd at their feet and thousands upon thousands of sea birds swarm overhead in the sky. Nicolson inherited the islands when he was twenty-one and in this spellbinding and luminous book, he recalls his keenly deep connection to the wild, windswept, and yet enchantingly beautiful property. Not merely a haven of solitude, the islands, with a centuries-old past haunted by restless ghosts and tales of ancient treasure, came to be for Nicolson his heartland and a 'sea room'--a sailing term he uses to mean 'the sense of enlargement that island life can give you.' In passionate, prismatic prose, Sea Room celebrates this extraordinary landscape, exploring Nicolson's complicated relationship to the paradoxes of island life and the wonder of revelatory engagement with our natural world"--

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