Threads of Life - A History of the World Through the Eye of a Needle
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| Verlag | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Auflage | 2020 |
| Seiten | 320 |
| Format | 12,8 x 19,6 x 2,4 cm |
| Gewicht | 226 g |
| Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
| ISBN-10 | 1473687934 |
| EAN | 9781473687936 |
| Bestell-Nr | 47368793UA |
A Sunday Times bestseller and Radio 4 Book of the Week, Threads of Life is an evocative and moving book about the need we all have to tell our story.
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__SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER__ __RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK__ __WATERSTONES SCOTTISH BOOK OF THE MONTH__
'An astonishing feat'
Christina Patterson, Sunday Times
'An inspiring and moving sideways look at history'
Eithne Farry, Sunday Express
An eloquent blend of history and memoir, Threads of Life is an evocative and moving book about the need we all have to tell our story.
From political propaganda in medieval France to secret treason in Tudor England, from the mothers of the desaparecidos in Argentina to First World War soldiers with PTSD, from a POW camp in Singapore to a family attic in Scotland, Threads of Life is a global chronicle of identity, protest, memory and politics.
Banner-maker, community textile artist and textile curator Clare Hunter chronicles the stories of the men and women, over centuries and across continents, who have used the language of sewing to make their voices heard, even in the most desperate of circumstances .
'A beautifully considered book... Clare Hunter has managed to mix the personal with the political with moving results.' TRACY CHEVALIER
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It's an astonishing feat, this patchwork quilt of history, culture and politics, which takes us from Saxon England to colonised African tribes, Palestinian villages, rural China and the cramped homes of American slaves . . . Her highly impressive debut is a richly textured and moving record of a history that has largely being lost. Christina Patterson Sunday Times