anthology of fishing writing from medieval times to present for diverse literary perspectives
Includes works by Virginia Woolf, Charles Dickens, Ota Pavel, Arthur Ransome, George Orwell, and more for a rich literary canon
Edited and introduced by Jon Day, ensuring critical analysis and selection of significant voices
spans from England to New Zealand, from riverbanks to open oceans, providing a global literary experience
Hardcover format for durability and lasting preservation
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Edited and with an introduction by Jon Day
The best fishing writing is never really about fishing, or never only about fishing, and the writers collected in A Twitch Upon the Thread use angling as a way to write about love, loss, faith, and obsession. This is an anthology of fishing writing ranging from medieval times to the present, tak