Islands
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A stunning fusion of literary essay and photographic art, Islands presents John Fowles's meditative and deeply personal reflections on the nature of islands — their isolation, their allure, and their profound psychological hold on the human imagination — paired with Fay Godwin's evocative black-and-white photography. Fowles argues that islands represent something far more than mere geography, casting them as symbols of solitude, freedom, and the eternal human desire to escape the mainland of ordinary life. His prose is characteristically lyrical and philosophical, drawing on history, mythology, and personal experience to illustrate why islands have captivated writers, dreamers, and wanderers throughout the ages. Godwin's imagery, meanwhile, captures the raw, windswept beauty of the British Isles with an austere and haunting precision that perfectly complements Fowles's contemplative tone. Together, the two artists produce a work that is at once a love letter to insular landscapes and a searching inquiry into what it means to be apart — from society, from certainty, and from oneself.
Author: John Fowles
Format: Hardback
Published: 1978, Jonathan Cape
Genre: Photography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A stunning fusion of literary essay and photographic art, Islands presents John Fowles's meditative and deeply personal reflections on the nature of islands — their isolation, their allure, and their profound psychological hold on the human imagination — paired with Fay Godwin's evocative black-and-white photography. Fowles argues that islands represent something far more than mere geography, casting them as symbols of solitude, freedom, and the eternal human desire to escape the mainland of ordinary life. His prose is characteristically lyrical and philosophical, drawing on history, mythology, and personal experience to illustrate why islands have captivated writers, dreamers, and wanderers throughout the ages. Godwin's imagery, meanwhile, captures the raw, windswept beauty of the British Isles with an austere and haunting precision that perfectly complements Fowles's contemplative tone. Together, the two artists produce a work that is at once a love letter to insular landscapes and a searching inquiry into what it means to be apart — from society, from certainty, and from oneself.