To the River: A Journey Beneath the Surface by Olivia Laing

To the River: A Journey Beneath the Surface

Olivia Laing

304 pages first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction memoir nature travel informative reflective relaxing slow-paced
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An odyssey along the banks of the River Ouse, from source to sea; a profound and haunting reflection on history and landscape by one of the most important writers of modern non-fictionOver sixty years after Virginia Woolf drowned in the River Ouse...

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Moods

reflective 92%
informative 67%
relaxing 41%
inspiring 29%
emotional 27%
adventurous 20%
challenging 16%
hopeful 12%
sad 12%
dark 7%
funny 5%
mysterious 5%
lighthearted 3%
tense 1%

Pace

slow 57%
medium 41%
fast 1%

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3.71

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