| International Standard Book Number |
9780802167828
|
| International Standard Book Number |
9780802167811
|
| Dewey Decimal Classification Number |
828/.914
|
| Personal Name |
McDermid, Val author aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88157545
|
| Title Statement |
Winter : the story of a season / Val McDermid.
|
| Edition Statement |
First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
|
| Imprint |
New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2026.
|
| Physical Description |
pages cm
|
| Formatted Contents Note |
'Winter Is Coming' -- What the trees say -- The senses of winter -- The dead of winter -- If on a winter's night, a traveller . . . -- Notes towards a conclusion -- Bridging -- Talking to my selves -- 'Give us bread, but give us roses' -- Party time -- Gunpowder, treason and plot -- Rummage -- Winter solstice -- Halfway house -- Roaming in the gloaming -- Twitching -- That's how the light gets in -- The light fantastic -- Christmas days -- The turning of the year -- A guid New Year tae yin an' a' -- Winter sports -- Escape -- The end is nigh . . .
|
| Summary, Etc. |
"In this radiant work of creative nonfiction, internationally beloved novelist Val McDermid delivers a dazzling ode to a lost world, ruminating on a single winter in her life as she journeys into the heart of the season's ever-evolving community-based traditions. In Winter, McDermid takes us on an adventure through the season, from the frosty streets of Edinburgh to the windblown Scottish coast, from Bonfire Night and Christmas to Burns Night and Up Helly Aa. Recalling in parallel memories from her own childhood-of skating over frozen lakes and carving a "neep" (rutabaga) for Halloween to being taken to see her first real Christmas tree in the town square-McDermid offers a wise and enchanting meditation on winter and its ever-changing, sometimes ephemeral, traditions. A hygge-filled journey through winter nights, McDermid reminds us that it is a time of rest, retreat and creativity, for scribbling in notebooks and settling in beside the fire. A treat for the hunkering-down, post-holiday reading season, Winter is a charming and cozy celebration of the year's idle months from one of Scotland's best-loved writers"-- Provided by publisher
|
| Original Version Note |
First published in Great Britain in 2025 by Hodder Press--Title page verso
|
| Subject-Personal Name |
McDermid, Val Scotland
|
| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Winter Scotland
|
| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Autobiographies
|