Sightlines

Five years after "Findings" broke the mould of nature writing, Sort of Books presents "Sightlines". The outer world flew open like a door, and I wondered - what is it that we're just not seeing? In this greatly anticipated sequel to "Findings", prize-winning poet and renowned nature writer Kathleen Jamie takes a fresh look at her native Scottish landscapes, before sailing north into iceberg-strewn seas. Her gaze swoops vertiginously too; from a countryside of cells beneath a hospital microscope, to killer whales rounding a headland, to the constellations of satellites that belie our sense of the remote. Written with her hallmark precision and delicacy, and marked by moments in her own life, Sightlines offers a rare invitation to pause and to pay heed to our surroundings.

ISBN	095630866X	DEWEY edition	DC23
ISBN13	9780956308665 (What's this?)	Pages	208
Publisher	Sort of Books	Published in	London
Imprint	Sort of Books	Height (mm)	198
Format	Paperback	Width (mm)	129
Publication date	05 Apr 2012	Academic level	General
DEWEY	914.110486

"'Kathleen Jamie writes with unparalleled beauty, sharpness of observation, wit, delicacy, strength of vision and rare exactness of language." (Daily Telegraph) 'It finds without disturbing the found. And this takes courage and delicacy' (John Berger, Guardian Books of the Year) 'Her acheivement is to make us look again with completeluy fresh eyes at those creatures and places we had long presumed to know' (Mark Cocker)"

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