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

Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE Where My Feet Fall by Duncan Minshull The Independent Best Book for Walkers 2022Where can a walk take you? FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The Independent Best Book for Walkers 2022Where 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. â˜Iâ™ve always hated walking,â™ Harland Miller offers as his precis, while Ingrid Persaud and Agnes Poirier consider the rituals of pilgrimage and protest march. â˜It isnâ™t a walking city,â™ 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. â˜During the pandemic of 2020,â™ he writes, looking back. â˜He was the only thing I hugged.â™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, AgnÃ¨s Poirier, Josephine Rowe, Sinead Gleeson, Pico Iyer, Patrick Gale and Jessica J. Lee. Author Biography Duncan Minshull is an audio producer, anthologist, and stroller. His previous books include While Wandering, The Burning Leg and Beneath My Feet. Review Praise for WHERE MY FEET FALLThe Independent Best Book for Walker 2022If you think great travel writing is all about moving through places in another persons shoes, then you need this collection of essays from 20 writers about the pleasure of putting one foot in front of another. From bustling walks through Karachi with Kamila Shamsie, to rain-soaked treks in Germany with Jessica J Lee, every entry comes with its own unique flavour and makes you realise that this most rudimentary form of transport can be one of the most evocative. Editor Duncan Minshull, who pulled the collection together, has written three books about walking, so he knows a thing or two about itHelen Coffey, IndependentA new collection of essays both sprightly and ruminative.. exploring the delights – and the challenges – of the placing of one foot in front of the other. . . Where My Feet Fall features such appropriately sturdy literary names, among them Richard Ford, Kamila Shamsie and Patrick Gale . . . Reading about walking in Where My Feet Fall allows you to inhabit the walkers imagination fully – surely the ultimate in armchair travelHephzibah Anderson, ObserverThis wonderful new anthology about walking and creative thinkingInside A Mountain, Charlie Lee PotterA beautiful bookWalk The Pod, Rachel WheeleyAnother great book by the writer and editor now established as the go-to authority on walking. His latest is a collection of twenty thoughtful essays… twenty strolls around the imaginations of some great writersChris Paling, author of After The Raid and A Very Nice Rejection Letter 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 ISBN0008414149 Author Duncan Minshull Pages 240 Year 2023 ISBN-10 0008414149 ISBN-13 9780008414146 Publication Date 2023-03-16 UK Release Date 2023-03-16 Format Paperback Imprint William Collins Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Subtitle Going for a Walk in Twenty Stories Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Alternative 9780008414115 DEWEY 796.510922 Audience General AU Release Date 2023-08-17 NZ Release Date 2023-08-17 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! 30 DAY RETURN POLICY No questions asked, 30 day returns! 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