A line in the world: a year on the North Sea coast
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Published:
Minneapolis, Minnesota : Graywolf Press, [2022].
Format:
Book
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238 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
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ISBN:
9781644452097, 164445209X, 9781644452097, 164445209X

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General Note
"A Line in the World was first published as En linge i verden by Gads Forlag in Denmark, 2021."--Title page verso.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-235).
Description
"Me, my notebook and my love of the wild and desolate. I wanted to do the opposite of what was expected of me. It's a recurring pattern in my life. An instinct. Dorthe Nors's first nonfiction book chronicles a year she spent traveling along the North Sea coast--from Skagen at the northern tip of Denmark to the Frisian Islands in the Wadden Sea. In fourteen expansive essays, Nors traces the history, geography, and culture of the places she visits while reflecting on her childhood and her family and ancestors' ties to the region as well as her decision to move there from Copenhagen. She writes about the ritual burning of witch effigies on Midsummer's Eve; the environmental activist who opposed a chemical factory in the 1950s; the quiet fishing villages that surfers transformed into an area known as Cold Hawaii starting in the 1970s. She connects wind turbines to Viking ships, thirteenth-century church frescoes to her mother's unrealized dreams. She describes strong waves, sand drifts, storm surges, shipwrecks, and other instances of nature asserting its power over human attempts to ignore or control it. Through a deep, personal engagement with this singular landscape, A Line in the World accesses the universal. Its ultimate subjects are civilization, belonging, and change: changes within one person's life, changes occurring in various communities today, and change as the only constant of life on Earth."--,Provided by publisher.
Language
In English ; translated from the Danish.

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APA Citation (style guide)

Nors, D., Waight, C., & Parkins, S. (2022). A line in the world: a year on the North Sea coast. Graywolf Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Nors, Dorthe, 1970-, Caroline Waight and Signe, Parkins. 2022. A Line in the World: A Year On the North Sea Coast. Graywolf Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Nors, Dorthe, 1970-, Caroline Waight and Signe, Parkins, A Line in the World: A Year On the North Sea Coast. Graywolf Press, 2022.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Nors, Dorthe, et al. A Line in the World: A Year On the North Sea Coast. Graywolf Press, 2022.

Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.

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