Sad Topographies
by Damien Rudd /
2017 / English / EPUB
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Sad Topographies is an illustrated guide for the melancholic among
us. Dispirited travellers rejoice as Damien Rudd journeys across
continents in search of the world's most joyless place names and
their fascinating etymologies. Behind each lugubrious place name
exists a story, a richly interwoven narrative of mythology,
history, landscape, misadventure and tragedy. From Disappointment
Island in the Southern Ocean to Misery in Germany, across to Lonely
Island in Russia, or, if you're feeling more intrepid, pay a visit
to Mount Hopeless in Australia - all from the comfort of your
armchair. With hand drawn maps by illustrator Kateryna Didyk, Sad
Topographies will steer you along paths that lead to strange and
obscure places, navigating the terrains of historical fact and
imaginative fiction. At turns poetic and dark-humoured, this is a
travel guide quite like no other. Damien Rudd is the founder of the
hugely popular Instagram account @sadtopographies.
Sad Topographies is an illustrated guide for the melancholic among
us. Dispirited travellers rejoice as Damien Rudd journeys across
continents in search of the world's most joyless place names and
their fascinating etymologies. Behind each lugubrious place name
exists a story, a richly interwoven narrative of mythology,
history, landscape, misadventure and tragedy. From Disappointment
Island in the Southern Ocean to Misery in Germany, across to Lonely
Island in Russia, or, if you're feeling more intrepid, pay a visit
to Mount Hopeless in Australia - all from the comfort of your
armchair. With hand drawn maps by illustrator Kateryna Didyk, Sad
Topographies will steer you along paths that lead to strange and
obscure places, navigating the terrains of historical fact and
imaginative fiction. At turns poetic and dark-humoured, this is a
travel guide quite like no other. Damien Rudd is the founder of the
hugely popular Instagram account @sadtopographies.