{"product_id":"catch-the-fishing-for-ted-hughes","title":"Mark Wormald: Catch The [2023] paperback","description":"\u003cb\u003e'An absolute gem ... I was delightfully lost by the river throughout' \u003c\/b\u003e- Paul Whitehouse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Marvellous...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Catch\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e leaves both its writer and its reader wonderfully \"lost in water\"' \u003c\/b\u003e- Robert Macfarlane\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Penetrating and poetic, filled with honeyed prose and thoughtful criticism' \u003c\/b\u003e- \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e_______________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt is in the midst of a swirling river, casting a line, that Mark Wormald meets Ted Hughes.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe stands where the poet stood, forty years ago, because fishing was Ted Hughes's way of breathing - and because the poet's writing has made Mark understand that it has always been his way of breathing, too.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUsing Hughes's poetry collection \u003ci\u003eRiver\u003c\/i\u003e and his fishing diaries as a guide, Mark returns again and again to the rivers and lakes in Britain and Ireland where the poet fished. At times, he uses Ted's fly patterns; at others 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 Mark fishes after the sudden death of his mother and during the slow fading of his father.\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003eA brilliant blend of memoir and biography, \u003ci\u003eThe Catch \u003c\/i\u003eis a stunning meditation on poetry and nature, and a quiet reflection on what it means to be a father and a son.","brand":"Wormald, Mark","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46499615277395,"sku":"9781526644213","price":14.3,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/products\/wormald-mark-the-catch-fishing-for-ted-hughes-9781526644213-49010839683411.jpg?v=1680980568","url":"https:\/\/keatsandchapman.info\/products\/catch-the-fishing-for-ted-hughes","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}