{"product_id":"9781529424164-the-boundless-river","title":"The Boundless River","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStories from the Realm of the Rhine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA beautifully imaginative work of non-fiction about the Rhine, from its birth to the present day, told through stories of those who lived along its shores.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A joy to read\" \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"[A] stirring and accessible history of the mighty Rhine\" \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"It's easy to be swept away by Deen's delightful prose\" \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA beautiful book, by turns poetic, witty and full of learning . This unique biography of a river marks a new kind of writing about people and place, both in and out of time\" PATRICK McGUINNESS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Boundless River\u003c\/i\u003e takes the reader into a unique world ‒ the twilight zone between fact and fiction, science and imagination ‒ and on a journey which moves effortlessly from a time in prehistory, long before the existence of a European continent, to the present day. Along the way Deen encounters paleontologists, geologists, museum curators, taxidermists, fishermen and skippers who work the boats, who still see the Rhine as a living entity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the mighty hippos that swam in its waters millions of years ago, to the weary salmon that saw their habitat slowly change and the aurochs that grazed its shores; from the primordial Steinheim Woman to the Roman general Corbulo who commanded settlements along its delta, to a young Goethe: in all of their stories the Rhine is ever present, sometimes as the main character, sometimes as an extra, as a theatre of war, a border between nations, a bathing spot, a killer, a vital transport route.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBeautifully fluid, rich and captivating, \u003ci\u003eThe Boundless River\u003c\/i\u003e shows how the Rhine connects and divides, terrifies, comforts, carries and swallows, and has done since the beginning of time.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated from the Dutch by Jane Hedley-Prôle and Jonathan Reeder\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41513781559393,"sku":"9781529424164","price":19.23,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28178971.jpg?v=1722508159","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781529424164-the-boundless-river","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}