{"product_id":"stones-of-aran-tim-robinson-9781590172773","title":"Stones of Aran: Pilgrimage","description":"The Aran Islands, in Galway Bay off the west coast of Ireland, are a unique geological and cultural landscape, and for centuries their stark beauty and their inhabitants' traditional way of life have attracted pilgrims from abroad. The Aran Islands, in Galway Bay off the west coast of Ireland, are a unique geological and cultural landscape, and for centuries their stark beauty and their inhabitants' traditional way of life have attracted pilgrims from abroad. After a visit with his wife in 1972, Tim Robinson moved to the islands, where he started making maps and gathering stories, eventually developing the idea for a cosmic history of  rainn, the largest of the three islands. \u003ci\u003ePilgrimage\u003c\/i\u003e is the first of two volumes that make up \u003ci\u003eStones of Aran\u003c\/i\u003e, in which Robinson maps the length and breadth of  rainn. Here he circles the entire island, following a clockwise, sunwise path in quest of the \"good step,\" in which walking itself becomes a form of attention and contemplation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLike Annie Dillard's \u003ci\u003ePilgrim at Tinker Creek\u003c\/i\u003e and Bruce Chatwin's \u003ci\u003eIn Patagonia\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStones of Aran\u003c\/i\u003e is not only a meticulous and mesmerizing study of place but an entrancing and altogether unclassifiable work of literature. Robinson explores Aran in both its elemental and mythical dimensions, taking us deep into the island's folklore, wildlife, names, habitations, and natural and human histories. Bringing to life the ongoing, forever unpredictable encounter between one man and a given landscape, \u003ci\u003eStones of Aran\u003c\/i\u003e discovers worlds. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRobinson's voyage continues in \u003ci\u003eStones of Aran: Labyrinth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tim Robinson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1590172779\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781590172773\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Tim Robinson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44047114797311,"sku":"9781590172773","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_177fc6e0-00e3-47c7-a859-340ed62d4882.jpg?v=1684988342","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/stones-of-aran-tim-robinson-9781590172773","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}