The catch : fishing for Ted Hughes
Wormald, Mark2022
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It is in the midst of a swirling river, casting a line, that Mark Wormald meets Ted Hughes. He stands where the poet stood, forty years ago, because fishing was Ted Hughes' way of breathing - and because Ted's writing has made Mark understand that it has always been his way of breathing, too. Using Ted Hughes' collection of poems, 'River', and his fishing diaries as a guide, Mark returns again and again to the places where Ted Hughes fished. At times, he uses the fly patterns Ted recommended; at others, he uses his rods. It is an obsession; a fundamental connection to nature; a thrilling wildness; an elemental pursuit. But it is also a release and a consolation, as he fishes after the sudden death of his mother and during the slow fading of his father.
Main title:
The catch : fishing for Ted Hughes / Mark Wormald.
Author:
Wormald, Mark, author
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury, 2022.
Collation:
304 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781526644244 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
821.92
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2285188