To The River by Olivia Laing
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In To The River Olivia Laing follows the River Ouse, where Virgina Woolf drowned herself 63 years ago, from its source to the sea one summer’s day. As we follow her, we reflect not just on this one river and its literary connections, but also on the role that rivers play in fiction, mythology and more. A lyrically beautiful non-fiction read.
Questions to ponder
How does history weave its way into landscapes that you know? In what ways are rivers a metaphor for creativity?
Further reading
In A Sleepwalk on the Severn, a play for voices, poet Alice Oswald describes walks along the Severn
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