{"product_id":"a-tomb-with-a-view-the-stories-glories-of-graveyards-9781472267788","title":"A Tomb With a View  The Stories  Glories of","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e**WINNER OF THE SCOTTISH NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2021**\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**A FINANCIAL TIMES, I PAPER AND STYLIST BOOK OF THE YEAR**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''In his absorbing book about the lost and the gone, Peter Ross takes us from Flanders Fields to Milltown to  Kensal Green, to melancholy islands and surprisingly lively ossuaries . . . a considered and  moving book on the timely subject of how the dead are remembered, and  how they go on working below the surface of our lives.'' \u003c\/b\u003e- Hilary Mantel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Ross is a wonderfully evocative writer,  deftly capturing a sense of   place and history, while bringing a deep  humanity to his subject. He  has  written a delightful book.'' \u003c\/b\u003e- The Guardian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''The pages burst with life and anecdote while also examining our relationship with remembrance.'' \u003c\/b\u003e- \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e (best travel books of 2020)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmong the year''s most surprising sleeper successes is A Tomb with a View.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e In a year wit\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbsorbing . . . considered and moving. * Hilary Mantel *\u003cbr\u003eFascinating . . . Ross makes a  likeably idiosyncratic guide and one finishes the book feeling strangely  optimistic about the inevitable. * The Observer *\u003cbr\u003eThe pages burst with life and anecdote while also examining our relationship with remembrance. * Financial Times *\u003cbr\u003eAmong the year's most surprising  \"sleeper\" successes is \u003ci\u003eA Tomb with a View\u003c\/i\u003e, Peter Ross's critically  acclaimed ode to \"the stories and glories of graveyards\". In a year with  so much death, it may have initially seemed a hard sell, but the  author's humanity has instead acted as a beacon of light in the darkness. * The Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003eNever has a book about death been so full of life. James Joyce and  Charles Dickens would've loved it - a book that reveals much gravity in the humour and many stories in the graveyard. It also reveals Peter  Ross to be among the best non-fiction writers in the country. * Andrew O'Hagan *\u003cbr\u003eI have nothing but admiration for his way to winkle out a story from the living as well as paying homage to the dead. * The Scotsman *\u003cbr\u003eRoss has written [a] lively elegy to Britain's best burial grounds. * Evening Standard *\u003cbr\u003eA brilliant buy * Stylist *\u003cbr\u003eA startling, delight-filled tour of graveyards and the people who love them, dazzlingly told. * Denise Mina *\u003cbr\u003eBeautifully written and strangely life affirming. * Norman Blake, Teenage Fanclub *\u003cbr\u003eA walk through the graveyards of Britain guided by one of the most engaging wordsmiths willing to take you by the hand. * The Big Issue *\u003cbr\u003eIt is not too fanciful to talk of the soul of \u003ci\u003eA Tomb With A View\u003c\/i\u003e. It is replete with stories but it echoes with something profound. * The Herald *\u003cbr\u003eScottish journalist Ross's meander around graveyards raises profound questions about the way in which we mourn * I News - Christmas Gift Guide 2020 *\u003cbr\u003ePeter Ross makes a fine contribution to the library of books about \"being planted\". . . I have nothing but admiration for his way to winkle out a story from the living as well as paying homage to the dead * The Scotsman’s Scottish Books of the Year *\u003cbr\u003eEveryday humanity, an acknowledgement of how life continues in the presence of the dead. . . is writ large in \u003ci\u003eA Tomb with a View\u003c\/i\u003e, in Ross's encounters with tour guides, local historians, a gardener, a stonecutter, even a recent widow. * Prospect *\u003cbr\u003eRoss's book is an engaging ramble among the gravestones and burial plots of Britain and Ireland * Irish Examiner *\u003cbr\u003eI'm a card-carrying admirer of Peter Ross. * Robert Macfarlane *\u003cbr\u003eHis stories are always a joy. * Ian Rankin *\u003cbr\u003eAn evocative and uplifting exploration of cemeteries, where every headstone has a story to tell. . . Ross is a wonderfully evocative writer, deftly capturing a sense of place and history, while bringing a deep humanity to his subject. He has written \u003cb\u003ea delightful book\u003c\/b\u003e. * The Guardian Book of The Day *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRoss' development into a sensitive and empathetic observer of social ritual has culminated in this treasure\u003c\/i\u003e * The Big Issue *\u003cbr\u003eA phenomenal, lyrical, beautiful book * Frank Turner *\u003cbr\u003eA startling, delight-filled tour of graveyards and the people who love them, dazzlingly told. * Denise Mina *\u003cbr\u003e[a] celebration of life and of love. It confronts our universal fate but tends towards a comforting embrace of mortality.     It is also imbued with something deeply moving. * The Herald *\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Headline Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49371948351831,"sku":"9781472267788","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-tomb-with-a-view-the-stories-glories-of-graveyards-9781472267788","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}