Amy Liptrot

WINNER OF THE 2016 WAINWRIGHT PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2016 WELLCOME PRIZEAt the age of thirty, Amy Liptrot finds herself washed up back home on Orkney. Standing unstable on the island, she tries to come to terms with the addiction that has swallowed the last decade of her life. As she spends her mornings swimming in the bracingly cold sea, her days tracking Orkney''s wildlife, and her nights searching the sky for the Merry Dancers, Amy discovers how the wild can restore life and renew hope.

Un hermoso libro de memorias sobre vivir en los límites, sobre la capacidad de la naturaleza para renovar la esperanza y restaurar la vida. La propia autora, Amy Liptrot, regresa desde Londres a la

I loved this book' Raynor Winn, author of The Salt Path 'Utterly absorbing' Lucy Jones, author of Losing Eden Wishing to leave behind the quiet isolation of her Orkney island life, Amy Liptrot books a one-way flight to Berlin. Searching for new experiences, inspiration and love, she rents a loftbed in a shared flat and looks for work. She explores the streets, nightclubs and parks and seeks out the city's wildlife - goshawks, raccoons and hooded crows. She looks for love through the screen of her laptop. Over the course of a year Amy makes space hoping for the unexpected. And it comes with an erotic jolt, in the form of a love affair that obsesses her. The Instant is an unapologetic look at the addictive power of love and lust. It is also an exploration of the cycles of the moon, the flight paths of migratory birds, the mesmerising power of Neolithic stonework and the trails followed by a generation who exist online.

Dans l'oubli hypnotique des nuits londoniennes, une jeune femme noie sa solitude grâce à l'alcool. Mais au bout de dix ans de fêtes tristes, dix ans d'excès, dix ans perdus, elle est épuisée. Elle re

THE OUTRUN

Un testimonio sobre la ecología del amor y la angustia, el entorno urbano y la era digital. Con el deseo de dejar atrás el tranquilo aislamiento de su vida en las islas Orcadas, Amy reserva un vuelo

Film tie in paperback edition of the exhilarating nature memoir about recovering from alcoholism in Orkney now a major film starring Saoirse Ronan

A young woman finds herself washed up back home on the Scottish archipelago of Orkney, trying to rebuild her life after a decade of addiction.The life she has left behind in London, with all its intoxicating temptations, has pushed her to the point of destruction. Now there is wildness of a different form an alluring wilderness that she must learn to navigate.Speaking to the impact of isolation and loneliness and ultimately the resilience of people, Amy Liptrots bestselling memoir The Outrun has been adapted for the stage by Stef Smith. Directed by Vicky Featherstone, and co-produced by The Royal Lyceum Edinburgh and Edinburgh International Festival, it premiered at the 2024 Festival.Amy Liptrots The Outrun was a Sunday Times bestseller, BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week, won the Wainwright Prize and the PEN Ackerley Prize, and was shortlisted for the Wellcome and Ondaatje Prizes.One of Scotlands boldest chroniclers of contemporary womens livesThe Stage on Stef SmithA lyrical, brave memoir compellingGuardian on The Outrun