November 2009 Guest Editor Geraldine McCaughrean on I May Be Some Time by FRANCIS SPUFFORD
I don’t read non-fiction except when researching, so I came across Spufford while researching Antarctica. His style is so beautiful it should come with a spoon under the lid. He turns fact into poetry. I May Be Some Time asks why Brits go to insane, frozen lengths in the name of exploration. His account of Scott’s last journey is the best bar none and makes your heart pound clean out of your chest.
When Captain Scott died in 1912 on his way back from the South Pole, his story became a myth embedded in the English imagination. Despite wars and social change, despite recent debunking, it is still there. Conventional histories of polar exploration tend to trace the laborious expeditions across the map, dwelling on the proper techniques of ice navigation and sledge travel, rather than asking what the explorers thought they were doing, or why.
| Suitable For: |
When Captain Scott died in 1912 on his way back from the South Pole, his story became a myth embedded in the English imagination. Despite wars and social change, despite recent debunking, it is still there.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed I May be Some Time: Ice and the English Imagination and determined it is suitable for children aged 13-14 years old
I May be Some Time: Ice and the English Imagination features in the following genres: Featured Books for 13+ readers, Recommendations
Paperback. £11.69, down from the £12.99 cover price. In Stock.
I May be Some Time: Ice and the English Imagination was written by Francis Spufford and published by Faber and Faber
I May be Some Time: Ice and the English Imagination has 416 pages
£11.69, reduced from £12.99. In Stock.