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A review by thomcat
Time Song: Journeys in Search of a Submerged Land by Julia Blackburn
3.0
Doggerland once connected the Rhine to the Thames. This poetic exploration of history glimpses the people, flora and fauna over millennia as this land sunk into the sea.
This book is the result of very personal research into the subject. It isn't scientific or comprehensive. The author's goal seems to be collecting thoughts, stories and artifacts into a narrative of a this lost land. I suspect this results in a stronger resolution for the author than the reader.
Not a lot has been written about this area. I added this book to my reading list when I first heard of it. It captures the people better than the land, and the included maps are insufficient. While the art accompanying Blackburn's Time Song poems may have spoken to her, it didn't to me.
This book is the result of very personal research into the subject. It isn't scientific or comprehensive. The author's goal seems to be collecting thoughts, stories and artifacts into a narrative of a this lost land. I suspect this results in a stronger resolution for the author than the reader.
Not a lot has been written about this area. I added this book to my reading list when I first heard of it. It captures the people better than the land, and the included maps are insufficient. While the art accompanying Blackburn's Time Song poems may have spoken to her, it didn't to me.