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Walking Home (Paperback)

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Paperback 304 Pages
Published: 04/04/2013
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The Poet Laureate walks the Pennine Way back to front, dispensing poetry readings as he goes, in this endearing, eye-opening account of Northern community and English landscape rendered in wonderfully readable prose.

Poet Laureate

One summer, Simon Armitage decided to walk the Pennine Way - a challenging 256-mile route usually approached from south to north, with the sun, wind and rain at your back. However, he resolved to tackle it back to front, walking home towards the Yorkshire village where he was born, travelling as a 'modern troubadour', without a penny in his pockets and singing for his supper with poetry readings in village halls, churches, pubs and living rooms.

Walking Home describes his extraordinary, yet ordinary, journey of human endeavour, unexpected kindnesses and terrible blisters. 

Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 9780571249893
Number of pages: 304
Weight: 247 g
Dimensions: 198 x 126 x 18 mm
Edition: Main

One of the country’s most recognisable poets Simon Armitage has carved out a niche for himself as a wry observer of popular culture and documenter of 21st century British society. Since his first collection Zoom! in 1989 his vibrant Northern vernacular and the informality of his subject matter have been mainstays of British poetry ever since.

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“An Enjoyable Armchair Journey”

The great thing about people like Simon Armitage is that they go and do all these lovely long walks and then report back so we don't have to!
Having said that after reading this is does make you want to have a... More

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“fantastic work”

What a book!
I would recommend it to anyone. It is easily read, comprehended and enjoyed at the same time.

The story is about a modern poet who decides to walk the Pennine Way from north to south. He decides to earn... More

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“The other side of England”

Although I moved to the UK already three years ago, I have to admit that the part ofthe country that lies north of Heathrow Airport is still a Terra incognita for me. Simon Armitage’s new book “Walking Home – Travels... More

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