Nocturne
James Attlee
  • Published: 4 May 2012
  • ISBN: 9780141039312
  • Imprint: Penguin General UK
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $45.00

Nocturne

A Journey In Search Of Moonlight

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30 May 2011
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4 May 2012
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A journey in search of moonlight and its meanings - in art, literature, music and our lives

For many of us the moon, and the chill light it casts, are things we either ignore or take for granted. It wouldn't enter our heads therefore to set off around the world in search of moonlight. But, as James Attlee's eccentric quest proves, we couldn't be more wrong.

From Normandy to Naples, Wales to Arizona, Las Vegas to Japan, Attlee explores moonlight's many moods and meanings. Taking in the ancient and modern, art and literature, science and music, Nocturne travels far and deep to provide a portrait of an enigmatic light increasingly endangered in our over-illuminated world.
  • Published: 4 May 2012
  • ISBN: 9780141039312
  • Imprint: Penguin General UK
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $45.00
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About the author

James Attlee

James Attlee works in art publishing in London and is the co-author of Gordon Matta-Clark: The Space Between.

Praise for Nocturne

Fascinating, thoughtful, erudite, unpretentious, slightly batty and entirely captivating

John Carey, Sunday Times

A poetic and passionate story of light in darkness

The Times

Vagrant, erudite, frequently comical. A stylist of amazing wit and skill. A compendious, moving and impassioned guide

Irish Times

Gloriously multifaceted and engaging. A gorgeous, thoughtful book

Sunday Telegraph

Attlee is a true enthusiast, and is fascinated by, indeed loves, his subject. He writes beautifully and often thrillingly about the moon in all its - her? - aspects, and it will be a dull-minded reader who comes away from this book without a new or at least renewed regard for the extraordinary, silver satellite that is our world's constant companion

John Banville, Guardian

A wistful, fact-filled and esoteric treat

Sunday Times