by Francis Spufford · Faber & Faber · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780571179510
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«I May Be Some Time: Ice and the English Imagination» is Francis Spufford's cultural history essay, published by Faber & Faber in paperback.
Spufford explores the British fascination with the poles and the myths that turned polar exploration into a cultural phenomenon. Drawing on Scott's expedition and the last words attributed to Captain Oates, he reconstructs how the desire for icy landscapes and the idea of the sublime fueled a national obsession.
A 384-page work in English, winner of the Somerset Maugham Award and the Sunday Times Charlotte Aitken Young Writer of the Year Award.
For readers interested in cultural history, polar expeditions and British nonfiction.
Francis Spufford FRSL is an English author and writing teacher. His first novel Golden Hill received critical acclaim and numerous prizes including the Costa Book Award for First Novel, the Desmond Elliott Prize, and the Ondaatje Prize. In 2007 Spufford was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
