Tender Maps
'A compelling way of looking at the world' TLS
WHAT DO WE MEAN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ATMOSPHERE?
Some travellers are driven by the need to scale a natural wonder, to see a city's sights or a place of history. Others, like Alice Maddicott, travel in search of a particular scene, feeling or atmosphere, often inspired by music, literature and art. Taking us deep into our emotional and creative responses to place, this extraordinary book explores the author's own relentless travelling. From the heat of Sicily to the mountains of Japan, this is a uniquely lyrical approach to psycho-geography.
As Maddicott explores this relationship with landscape that is the very essence of human creativity, she transports readers to seventeenth-century salons of Paris and the crumbling balconies of modern Tbilisi, in the company of writers and artists such as Italo Calvino, LM Montgomery, PJ Harvey and Ana Mendieta.
Tender Maps is a beautifully evocative book of travel, culture and imagination.
Book details
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781914613654
- Published
- 7 March 2024
- Pages
- 320
- Duration
- Dimensions
- 129 x 198 mm
- Genre
- Travel Writing
- Imprint
- September
Reviews
'Rich and beguiling'
'Moving and thought-provoking... It will transport you to other places and times and leave you reflecting on your own tender maps'
'Comforting and exploratory, both physically through travel and emotionally, evocatively, through art and literature. A beautiful blended work of time, place and history'
'A unique and memorable read, it’s perfect for those who prefer to stray far from the path in hope of falling off the map altogether'
