Fairground Music

'On my journeys over the sands in front of Porthcawl fairground, I become many things: geologist, archaeologist, historian, mapmaker, diviner, tidal detective. But really I'm none of those. I'm a seeker.' And it is on a journey of exploration and discovery that Robert Minhinnick and Eamon Bourke take us in "Fairground Music", conjuring a world that is reassuringly familiar and yet, like sand itself, constantly shifting. Porthcawl is traditionally one of the great holiday resorts of Wales: its funfair and beaches once provided the valleys' miners with their annual summer playground, and gave generations of Sunday schooltrippers their first taste of forbidden fruit. And it continues to draw pleasure seekers from near and far. Indeed, it is estimated that the fair itself has attracted over a million visitors since 1945. But "Fairground Music" is no statistical chronicle. It is an evocation of memories and associations, of impressions and sensations. This poetic narrative is complemented by the witty spontaneity of the photography, as Minhinnick and Bourke combine to capture a sense of place that can comfort and disturb in equal measure.

ISBN 1848511736   Illustrator Eamon Bourne ISBN13 9781848511736 (What's this?)   DEWEY 791.0942971 Publisher Gomer Press   DEWEY edition DC22 Imprint Gomer Press   Pages 96 Format Hardback   Published in Dyfed Publication date 30 Mar 2010   Academic level General

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