{"product_id":"north-road","title":"North Road","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITING 2025 AND A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'A dazzlingly inventive work of literature' Robert Macfarlane, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Old Ways\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'A wonderful, epic braiding of history, geography and personal memoir' James Rebanks, author of \u003ci\u003eEnglish Pastoral\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e_____________________________________________________________________\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e At the heart of this book is a highway. The A1; The Great North Road. A 400-mile multiplicity of ancient trackway, Roman road, pilgrim path, coach route and motorway that has run like a backbone through Britain for the last 2,000 years.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In this genre-defying and profoundly personal book, Cowen follows this ghost road from beginning to end on a journey through history, place, people and time. Weaving his own histories and memories with the layered landscapes he moves through, this is the story of an age, of coming to terms with time past and time passing, and the roads that lead us to where we find ourselves.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Written in kaleidoscopic prose, The North Road is an unforgettable exploration of Britain's great highway.\u003cbr\u003e __________________________________________________________________________\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'This is an astonishing book in its scope and vitality. It's one to relish and revisit.' \u003ci\u003eThe Telegraph\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e'A remarkable, post-Covid, post-Brexit state of the nation literary archaeology.' \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Stunning and utterly unique. \u003ci\u003eThe North Road\u003c\/i\u003e sits in a genre of one'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eBenjamin Myers, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Gallows Pole\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'A dazzling, dogged, layered account of one road's passage through place, time and an ordinary family's history, \u003ci\u003eThe North Road\u003c\/i\u003e truly is a trip' Melissa Harrison\u003ci\u003e,\u003c\/i\u003e author of \u003ci\u003eAll Among The Barley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Thought-provoking and beautiful' Matt Gaw, author of \u003ci\u003eUnder The Stars\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'A beautifully woven and mesmerising book' Tom Bullough, author of \u003ci\u003eSarn Helen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Sweeping, sensitive and enduring' Tristan Gooley, author of \u003ci\u003eHow To Read A Tree\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"North Road","offer_id":46284396626117,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/978-1-80494-139-3.jpg?v=1779921696","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/north-road","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}