In its long history, the River Thames has frozen solid forty times. These are the stories of that frozen river. And so opens one of the most breathtaking and original works being published this season. The Frozen Thames contains forty vignettes based on events that actually took place each time the river froze between and Like a photograph captures a moment, etching it forever on the /5(44). · The Frozen Thames is one of those books so well-written that it transcends its theme; readers with no particular interest in the Thames or its temperature will enjoy Helen Humphreys's beautifully restrained prose. Each short story--or "vignette," as the book jacket calls them--takes place during a year when the Thames River froze.5/5(4). The Frozen Thames is a beautifully written and produced book which focuses on the forty documented times in which the Thames has frozen solid, from to Each of those forty occasions is detailed in one vignette, which captures a small and often poignant moment in time. Helen Humphreys writes with the conciseness and vividness of a poet/5.
Helen Humphreys book The frozen Thames, particularly the Delacorte edition, has all the qualities of a coffee table book, its shape being square, high-quality glossy paper, and multiple full-color plates, except that it is a very small book. The perfect Christmas present, perhaps. The Frozen Thames contains forty vignettes based on events that actually took place each time the river froze between and Like a photograph captures a moment, etching it forever on the consciousness, so does Humphreys' achingly beautiful prose. Find many great new used options and get the best deals for The Frozen Thames by Helen Humphreys (, Hardcover) at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!
Author (alternate script) None. p.: 16 cm. In its long history, the River Thames has frozen solid forty times. These are the stories of that frozen river. And so opens one of the most breathtaking and original works being published this season. The Frozen Thames. by Helen Humphreys. In her newest book, Helen Humphreys imagines a river, and those who live on it, suspended by ice. Not just any river, but the Thames, a river that has frozen over 40 times in the past few centuries. In The Frozen Thames, Humphreys creates a semi-fictionalized vignette to coincide with each such occurrence. The Frozen Thames is one of those books so well-written that it transcends its theme; readers with no particular interest in the Thames or its temperature will enjoy Helen Humphreys's beautifully restrained prose. Each short story--or "vignette," as the book jacket calls them--takes place during a year when the Thames River froze.
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