Charlotte Runcie

An ode to the ocean and the generations of women drawn to the waves or left waiting on the shore Guardian In Salt On Your Tongue Charlotte Runcie explores what the sea means to us and particularly what it has meant to women through the ages In mesmerising prose she explores how the sea has inspired fascinated and terrified us and how she herself fell in love with the deep blue This book is a walk on the beach with Turner with Shakespeare with the Romantic Poets and shanty singers It s an ode to our oceans to the sailors who brave their treacherous waters to the women who lost their loved ones to the waves to the creatures that dwell in their depths to beachcombers swimmers seabirds and mermaids Navigating through ancient Greek myths poetry shipwrecks and Scottish folktales Salt On Your Tongue is about how the wild untameable waves can help us understand what it means to be human

Punchily provocative and often bitingly funny THE TIMES, Book of the MonthBinge-worthy, real, really funny KILEY REID Spiky, smart and so original CLAIRE DAVERLEY Entertaining and very timely One of the most enjoyable novels Ive read in a long time GUARDIAN Unputdownable DAILY MAILA ONE WOMAN SHOW A ONE NIGHT STAND A ONE STAR REVIEW Theatre critic Alex Lyons made his name from his brutal, brilliant reviews. So when he sees Hayley Sinclairs dismal one-woman show at the Edinburgh Fringe, he thinks nothing of dashing off another of his trademark one-star pans for the newspaper. He also thinks nothing of taking her home after the performance, failing at any point to mention who he is. What he doesnt expect is for Hayley to revamp her show into a review of Alexs entire life, exposing what an awful person he really is. Worse, the show is a smash hit, and Alex is about to become national news. But can Hayley bring the establishment down without taking herself with it? Funny and thrilling, Bring the House Down gives you a front row seat to the downfall of the people who tell us what to think. Its about art, performance, female rage, and how while revenge may be sweet, it can also be perilous. An enticing debut. This is a binge-worthy novel that explores our obsessions, our inner critic, and who we think we are in person and in print. Intimate, real, and really funny. This one has teeth KILEY REID Sharp, shrewd and witty a stunning debut, one that Im sure will be binge-read by many INDEPENDENT, Book of the Month Dark, obsessive and razor-sharp, this is your next Baby Reindeer fix ELLE

Una oda al océano y a las generaciones de mujeres bosquejadas por sus olas. El océano ha inspirado, fascinado y aterrorizado a generaciones enteras y Charlotte Runcie vuelve a todas ellas para explicar como acabo por enamorarse del mar. ¿Que es el mar para nosotros? ¿Cuanto de el nos conforma, nos define y nos marca?Este libro es un paseo por la playa en compañia de Turner, de Shakespeare, de los poetas romanticos y los cantantes de taberna. Es una oda a nuestros oceanos, a los marineros que se adentraron en sus aguas y a las mujeres que perdieron en ellas a sus seres queridos, a las criaturas que se ocultan en sus fondos y a quienes se acercan a sus playas y costas. Mitos, poemas, leyendas y canciones se alternan en este bello ensayo sobre como las olas mas indomitas pueden ayudarnos a entender que significa ser humano.Este ensayo es una defensa poetica sobre la riqueza de los oceanos. Y a la vez un exuberante recorrido por algunas de las mejores obras literarias de la humanidad.