Stephen Harrigan

Water and Light (eBook, ePUB)

A Diver's Journey to a Coral Reef

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The New York Times-bestselling author's memoir of diving in the Caribbean offers " in precise, lucid, prose, the marvels of the sea bottom" ( New Yorker).

Author Stephen Harrigan spent months diving on the coral reefs of Grand Turk Island in the Caribbean. In this evocative account, he describes his many explorations, both personal and natural. Though he is there to learn about the history of the coral reef, Harrigan freely admits that his true motivation is to become, at least for a time, his "underwater self."

"Moving, intelligent and, in the best sense, literary.... Stephen Harrigan is anchored in reality; he knows that the environment he's describing is in serious jeopardy. At the same time, he has made this book sparkle with his remarkable ability to discuss the metaphysical and spiritual aspects of underwater exploration without ever sounding saccharine or murky." - New York Times Book Review

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Texas Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Februar 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780292738423
• Artikelnr.: 63555631

Autorenporträt

Harrigan is a former senior editor of Texas Monthly magazine who now writes full-time from his home in Austin, Texas.

Inhaltsangabe

1. My Underwater Self
2. Dry Dock
3. Harmonium Point
4. Trees of Stone
5. Tierra
6. Eye to Eye
7. The Pain of Water
8. The Dead Whale
9. Algal Ridge
10. Faceless
11. Lobster Rock
12. Underwater Nights
13. Lord Face of Water
14. Homesick Turtles
15. Wandering
16. The Green Mirror
17. Prospects
18. The Burning Reef
For Further Reading
Acknowledgments
Index