A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week
The author of Horizon's classic work explores the Arctic landscape and the hold it continues to exert on our imagination.
With an introduction by Robert Macfarlane
Lopez's journey across our frozen planet is a celebration of the Arctic in all its guises. A hostile landscape of ice,freezing oceans and dazzling skyscapes. Home to millions of diverse animals and people. The stage to massive migrations by land,sea and air. The setting of epic exploratory voyages.
In crystalline prose,Lopez captures the magic of the Arctic: the essential mystery and beauty of a continent that has enchanted man's imagination and ambition for centuries.
Publisher: Vintage PublishingISBN: 9780099583455Number of pages: 512Weight: 351 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 30 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
'The Arctic dreamland seen and described by a writer of rare perception and poetic descriptive power... The pages sparkle with Arctic light'- David Stephen,The Scotsman
'Barry Lopez by some rare magic manages to combine a poetic vision with accuracy of observation; and although he writes mainly about Eskimos,polar bears,and other denizens of the frozen north,many of his perceptive insights apply the world over'- Paula Johnson,The Mail on Sunday
'Dazzling... Treats the distant,snowy world of the Arctic as a place that exists not only in the mathematics of geography but also in the terra incognita of our imaginations'- Michiko Kakutani,The New York Times
Barry Lopez
Visit the Barry Lopez author pageRobert Macfarlane
A British author and academic,Robert Macfarlane is an author of prize-winning books on the themes of memory,landscape,nature,environmentalism and travel and regularly writes for publications including the Guardian and the Times. His first book,Mountains of the Mind won the Guardian First Book Award and the Somerset Maugham Award. His other works include,The Old Ways,Landmarks and The Lost Words,a children's book of nature spells created in partnership with artist Jackie Morris.
Robert Macfarlane is Reader in Literature and the Geohumanities in the Faculty of English at Emmanuel College,Cambridge. His forthcoming book about subterranean spaces and deep time,Underland,will be published in 2019.
Visit the Robert Macfarlane author page
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