The Memory of Water (Life Writing)

Smutylo, Allen

ISBN 10: 1554588421 / ISBN 13: 9781554588428

Published by Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2013

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Memory of Water (Life Writing)
• Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1554588421
• ISBN 13: 9781554588428
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

Adventurer, writer, and artist Allen Smutylo has experienced some of the wildest and most captivating waters imaginable in all corners of the globe. The stories in The Memory of Water―all of them accompanied by the author’s own stunning artwork―describe his adventures in the Arctic, South Pacific, Great Lakes region, and India.
In the Arctic he is attacked by a polar bear, stalked by a rogue walrus, and nearly drowns in ferocious waters. But his Arctic stories also celebrate human creativity as they recount the life of the pre-Inuit people, who, hunting in a changing environment, endured many hardships and developed new technologies, such as the sea kayak, to cope.
Other stories include an account of a sojourn in a small Georgian Bay fishing village as a young artist, an adventure on an urban river in southwestern Ontario, and a portrayal of the complex underwater world of the South Pacific. Travelling the River Ganges in India, the author finds that a massive misuse of water is complicated by a billion people’s faith-based adoration of the same water.
The Memory of Water probes a crucial and contemporary issue―that of our relationship to water and the wildlife and human life that depends upon it. This book will appeal to anyone interested in the natural world, in artistic depictions of it, or in a good story well told.

About the Author

For the past thirty years Allen Smutylo’s artwork and writing have been based on extensive travelling to some of the most remote areas in the world, including the Canadian High Arctic, Greenland, Antarctica, Patagonia, the Amazon, the Himalaya, and Rajasthan. The paintings and writings from these experiences have garnered a large following and numerous awards both nationally and internationally. www.allensmutylo.com