Welcome to Litsy!

I loved this beautiful book, part essay collection and part memoir, about exploring the western coast of Denmark. Nors talks about nature, history, and her own life and family. Her writing, as in all her fiction that has been translated to English, is perfection.

Oops. I sort of accidentally bought a stack of books.

I loved loved loved this book.

A series of essays stemming from the North Sea coast of Denmark, where the author explores the environment, home, history, belonging, the city, art, the sea, the seafarers, and all sorts, with a dry humour.

With gorgeous illustrations by her friend Signe Parkins, this was a quite lovely read, and it may be time to renew my passport and get exploring again.

I‘m enjoying each chapter of this a little more. Essays set on the Danish North Sea coast - rather than a travelogue, they go wherever - memories, customs, geography, environment, belonging.

And a dry humour. Somehow I‘d never fancied reading Nors‘s fiction, despite being aware of her since the dawn of Litsy. Partly that may be down to her other book covers (how shallow! She‘s making up for it

Going in to my next #AuldLangSpine read - I‘ll be hanging out (reading-wise) on the west coast of Denmark for the next couple of weeks. I don‘t often go for print copies, even less hardcovers, but this is a BEAUTIFUL object!

I‘ve visited Esbjerg, Fanø and Ribe (about half-way up the map), so I have a small picture of the landscape she‘s describing.

Thanks @Mitch - I‘m really looking forward to this. Have you ever read her fiction?

I am SO excited to be reading from @Mitch ‘s #AuldLangSpine list. I haven‘t read any of them, lots I‘ve never even heard of, plus a few authors I‘m really keen to read/read more of.

Pictured are available through my library; right now, The Offing and A Fortunate Woman really appeal, I loved Brooks‘s People of the Book, and Perrin‘s other book sounded amazing, so I‘d love to try this one.

Soooo many good ones this month! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

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This book is got me reaching for timetables - plotting trains, ferries and paths in order to get me into her landscape. The world she describes, a land holding the imprint of its history and memories so deeply is so inspiring. She writes in ways that I try to photograph and I‘m so grateful to have had that put into words. Fabulous!

This maybe one of my favourite covers this month ! It‘s beautiful the gold leaf lifts it and the subtle greys mirror the colours of the North Sea. So you have a fav cover for October?