Ruth Padel
We Are All From Somewhere Else: Migration and Survival in Poetry and Prose
We Are All From Somewhere Else: Migration and Survival in Poetry and Prose
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In her book "The Mara Crossing," Ruth Padel explores the concept of migration, including the struggles of human displacement, the purpose of migration for both humans and animals, and the challenges the world faces today.
Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 304 pages
Publication date: 15 September 2020
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
A prodigy, a book of wonders, is what Ruth Padel's work "The Mara Crossing" has been dubbed. Wonder, pity, and terror are the searing voices in transit that coerce compassion and, beyond that, empathy. Independent Home is where you start, but where is a swallow's real home? And what does native mean if the English oak is an immigrant from Spain?
In ninety richly varied poems and illuminating prose interludes, Ruth Padel weaves science, myth, wild nature, and human history to conjure a world created and sustained by migration. From the millennia-old journeys of cells, trees, birds, and beasts to Geese battling raging winds over Mount Everest, lemurs skimming precipices in Madagascar, and wildebeest, at the climax of their epic trek from Tanzania, braving a river filled with the largest crocodiles in Africa, Padel's work transports readers to a world of wonder and exploration.
Human migration has shaped civilization, but today it is one of the greatest challenges the world faces. In a series of incisive portraits, Padel turns to the struggles of human displacement to show how the purpose of migration, for both humans and animals, is survival. From the Flight into Egypt to John James Audubon emigrating to America (feeding migrant birds en route), from migrant workers in Mumbai to refugees labouring over a drastically changing planet, Padel's work paints a vivid picture of the human experience of migration and its impact on our world.
"The Mara Crossing" is a testament to the power of poetry and prose to capture the essence of human experience and the complexities of our world. It is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand the world around them better and to appreciate the beauty and wonder of migration.
Weight: 240g
Dimension: 128 x 197 x 26 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781529112788
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