SeascraperThomas lives a slow, deliberate life with his mother in Longferry, working his grandpas trade as a shanker. He rises early to take his horse and cart to the grey, gloomy beach to scrape for shrimp, spending the afternoon selling his wares, trying to wash away the salt and scum, pining for Joan Wyeth down the street, and rehearsing songs on his guitar. At heart, he is a folk musician, but it remains a private dream. When a striking visitor turns up,

Indonesian poet Tenas Effendy

and all forms of repression and subjugation

In this fascinating story of an innovator and a big idea

Brilliantly translated by Fady Joudah

He neither won nor lost a fortune

This second volume spans 1929–1934

Contributors: Kim Diehl

Such experiences also enhance flexible thinking

in all its right senses

Based on a long-term ethnographic study

Mathew Burrows and Josef Braml

was the fourth of a series of books that cleared the ground for Guénon's later writings