That Oceanic Feeling

by Fiona Capp

L'auteure raconte, en empruntant parfois des chemins digressifs, sa passion pour le surf et sa reprise de ce sport après quinze ans d'arrêt.

Hardcover

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

Fiona Capp is the internationally published author of three works of non-fiction, including That Oceanic Feeling, a memoir about her love for the sea and surfing. She is also the author of four novels: NIGHT SURFING, LAST OF THE SANE DAYS and MUSK & BYRNE and GOTLAND published in JULY 2013.

Reviews

[Arlene Maltman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Philosophical, poetic and enlightening. A very interesting take on the Freudian concept of the oceanic feeling - a psychological term coined by the french writer Romain Rolland and popularised by Sigmund Freud. The book really made me examine what my own was. Beautifully written.

[Maria]

I read it when i was traveling along the Great Ocean Road (how convenient)

[Lorra · Rating 5 out of 5]

My favourite book about surfing - it's SO good.