Where My Feet Fall: Going for a Walk in Twenty Stories by Duncan Minshull Hardco

Description: Where My Feet Fall by Duncan Minshull The Independent Best Book for Walkers 2022 Where can a walk take you? FORMAT Hardcover CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Where can a walk take you? It goes without saying, walking can connect us to our surroundings and free us from our worries. It can raise our heart rate and relax our minds. It can lead us across historic ground and inspire new thinking. In this beautiful collection, twenty outstanding writers set out with old memories and new adventures. Ive always hated walking, Harland Miller offers as his precis, while Ingrid Persaud and Agnes Poirier consider the rituals of pilgrimage and protest march. It isnt a walking city, Kamila Shamsie writes of Karachi, though she strides across it regardless. On the shores of Foulness Island, Will Self hopes to avoid landmines. In a forest north of Berlin, Jessica J. Lee gets soaked, then lost. And pacing around Delhi, Keshava Guha is interrupted by a husky. During the pandemic of 2020, he writes, looking back. He was the only thing I hugged. These are stories to dip into, from all walks of life. Together they capture the magic and opportunity that can arrive when you put one foot in front of the other. This collection features Tim Parks, Kamila Shamsie, Will Self, Nicholas Shakespeare, Irenosen Okojie, Ingrid Persaud, AL Kennedy, Cynan Jones, Sally Bayley, Joanna Kavenna, Kathleen Rooney, Richard Ford, Harland Miller, Keshava Guha, Agn Author Biography Duncan Minshull is a freelance audio producer and anthologist, formerly a senior producer at Radio 4. His previous books include While Wandering , Beneath My Feet and Sauntering . He has written extensively about walking for publications including The Times , Financial Times , Daily Telegraph , Guardian , Cond Long Description Where can a walk take you? It goes without saying, walking can connect us to our surroundings and free us from our worries. It can raise our heart rate and relax our minds. It can lead us across historic ground and inspire new thinking. In this beautiful collection, twenty outstanding writers set out with old memories and new adventures. Ive always hated walking, Harland Miller offers as his precis, while Ingrid Persaud and Agnes Poirier consider the rituals of pilgrimage and protest march. It isnt a walking city, Kamila Shamsie writes of Karachi, though she strides across it regardless. On the shores of Foulness Island, Will Self hopes to avoid landmines. In a forest north of Berlin, Jessica J. Lee gets soaked, then lost. And pacing around Delhi, Keshava Guha is interrupted by a husky. During the pandemic of 2020, he writes, looking back. He was the only thing I hugged. These are stories to dip into, from all walks of life. Together they capture the magic and opportunity that can arrive when you put one foot in front of the other. This collection features Tim Parks, Kamila Shamsie, Will Self, Nicholas Shakespeare, Irenosen Okojie, Ingrid Persaud, AL Kennedy, Cynan Jones, Sally Bayley, Joanna Kavenna, Kathleen Rooney, Richard Ford, Harland Miller, Keshava Guha, Agn Review Quote Praise for Duncan Minshulls previous collections A high-class tasting menu, sometimes deliciously incongruous but always organised with intelligent care ... It is hard to think that it could be better done Times Literary Supplement [The book is] full of those free-associations in place and space that are the very essence of walking pursued as a writerly act ... The perfect companion for a summer ramble, or a winter fireside Will Self A book to start your heart and feet beating for the road The Times This elegant little book would be an excellent Christmas present Country Life Feature * A DIVERSE GROUP OF TWENTY STAR WRITERS. Full list: Will Self / AL Kennedy / Tim Parks / Cynan Jones / Irenosen Okojie / Sally Bayley / Nicholas Shakespeare / Joanna Kavenna / Kathleen Rooney / Kamila Shamsie / Richard Ford / Harland Miller / Keshava Guha / Agn Description for Sales People Where can a walk take you? It goes without saying, walking can connect us to our surroundings and free us from our worries. It can raise our heart rate and relax our minds. It can lead us across historic ground and inspire new thinking. In this beautiful collection, twenty outstanding writers set out with old memories and new adventures. Ive always hated walking, Harland Miller offers as his precis, while Ingrid Persaud and Agnes Poirier consider the rituals of pilgrimage and protest march. It isnt a walking city, Kamila Shamsie writes of Karachi, though she strides across it regardless. On the shores of Foulness Island, Will Self hopes to avoid landmines. In a forest north of Berlin, Jessica J. Lee gets soaked, then lost. And pacing around Delhi, Keshava Guha is interrupted by a husky. During the pandemic of 2020, he writes, looking back. He was the only thing I hugged. These are stories to dip into, from all walks of life. Together they capture the magic and opportunity that can arrive when you put one foot in front of the other. This collection features Tim Parks, Kamila Shamsie, Will Self, Nicholas Shakespeare, Irenosen Okojie, Ingrid Persaud, AL Kennedy, Cynan Jones, Sally Bayley, Joanna Kavenna, Kathleen Rooney, Richard Ford, Harland Miller, Keshava Guha, Agn Details ISBN0008414114 Author Duncan Minshull Year 2022 ISBN-10 0008414114 ISBN-13 9780008414115 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2022-03-31 UK Release Date 2022-03-31 Publisher Harpercollins Publishers Imprint William Collins Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2022-03-31 NZ Release Date 2022-03-31 Pages 240 Subtitle Going for a Walk in Twenty Stories We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:134949136;

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