An insightful, witty look at Virginia Woolf through the lens of the extraordinary women closest to her.
Gill Gillian Gill Boeken
Gillian Gill is een auteur met een doctoraat in moderne Franse literatuur van de Cambridge University, wiens academische carrière lesgeefposities omvatte aan prestigieuze instellingen zoals Yale en Harvard. Ze schreef opmerkelijke werken die zich verdiepen in de levens en mysteries van belangrijke figuren. Haar schrijfstijl wordt geprezen om de diepgaande verkenning van de psychologische en sociale dimensies van haar onderwerpen. Door haar proza onthult Gill de complexiteit van menselijke ervaringen en hun blijvende nalatenschap.
Haida Gwaii, the ancient territory of the Haida people, is a West Coast archipelago famous for its wild beauty and rich species diversity. But that natural bounty, since European contact, has also been a magnet for industry. In the mid-1970s, the Haida rallied with environmentalists to end the rapacious logging of their monumental old-growth forests--and to reassert their title and rights to their homeland. Combining first-person accounts with his own vivid prose, Ian Gill traces the struggle from its early days. The battle became epic, stretching from the backwoods of British Columbia to the front benches of Canada's parliament and uniting a colourful cast of characters. There were many setbacks, but also amazing victories, including the creation of Gwaii Haanas, a world-renowned protected area, and landmark legal decisions. Perhaps the fiercest champion of the Haida's visionary new stewardship ethic has been Guujaaw--artist, orator, strategist and four-term president of the Council of the Haida Nation. In 2004, the Haida laid claim to their entire traditional territory: the land, seabed and waters of Haida Gwaii. It was an audacious move, and one that set a benchmark for indigenous rights around the world. In telling this incredible story of political and cultural renaissance, Ian Gill has crafted a gripping, multilayered narrative with far-reaching reverberations.