The Catch Fishing for Ted Hughes

It is in the midst of a swirling river, casting a line, that Mark Wormald meets Ted Hughes. He stands where the poet stood, forty years ago, because fishing was Ted Hughes's way of breathing - and because the poet's writing has made Mark understand that it has always been his way of breathing, too. Using Hughes's poetry collection River and his fishing diaries as a guide, Mark returns again and again to the rivers and lakes in Britain and Ireland where the poet fished. At times, he uses Ted's fly patterns; at others his rods. It is an obsession; a fundamental connection to nature; a thrilling wildness; an elemental pursuit. But it is also a release and a consolation, as Mark fishes after the sudden death of his mother and during the slow fading of his father. A brilliant blend of memoir and biography, The Catch is a stunning meditation on poetry and nature, and a quiet reflection on what it means to be a father and a son.

ISBN:	9781526644244
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
Imprint:	Bloomsbury Circus
Published date:	28 Apr 2022
DEWEY:	821.92
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	304
Weight:	630g
Height:	161mm
Width:	242mm
Spine width:	33mm

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