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Climbing days
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- Book Synopsis
- In Climbing Days, Dan Richards is on the trail of his great-great-aunt, Dorothy Pilley, a prominent and pioneering mountaineer of the early twentieth century. For years, Dorothy and her husband, I. A. Richards, remained a mystery to Dan, but the chance discovery of her 1935 memoir leads him on a journey. Perhaps, in the mountains, he can meet them halfway? Climbing Days is a beautiful portrait of a trailblazing woman, previously lost to history, but also a book about that eternal question: why do people climb mountains?
- About The Author
- Dan Richards is a writer and broadcaster. His first book Holloway was a collaboration with Robert Macfarlane & Stanley Donwood in 2012. Since then he has written four further books, The Beechwood Airship Interviews, Climbing Days, Outpost, and Overnight: Journeys, Conversations and Stories After Dark. His BBC Radio 4 series, Only After Dark, was broadcast to acclaim in 2022. Dan has written for the New York Times, Guardian, Economist, Esquire and Monocle. He lives in Edinburgh. @Dan_Zep 'The height of crafted eloquence.' - SAMANTHA HARVEY 'Dan Richards' writing spans great gulfs of emotion and experience. He is witty and profound and his curiosity and empathy know no bounds. - PHILIP HOARE 'Dan Richards is a wonderful storyteller, wise, wry and open-hearted, the perfect travelling companion.' - MAX PORTER 'Vivid, funny and moving - a wonderful stylist' - SARAH PERRY
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780571311934
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber, (06 July 2017)
- Number of Pages
- 400
- Weight
- 333 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 200 x 130 x 25 mm
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