'The finest book ever written on nature and landscape in Britain'GuardianIntroduction by Robert Macfarlane. Afterword by Jeanette WintersonIn this masterpiece of nature writing,Nan Shepherd describes her journeys into the Cairngorm mountains of Scotland. There she encounters a world that can be breathtakingly beautiful at times and shockingly harsh at others. Her intense,poetic prose explores and records the rocks,rivers,creatures and hidden aspects of this remarkable landscape. Shepherd spent a lifetime in search of the'essential nature'of the Cairngorms; her quest led her to write this classic meditation on the magnificence of mountains,and on our imaginative relationship with the wild world around us. Composed during the Second World War,the manuscript of The Living Mountain lay untouched for more than thirty years before it was finally published.
Publisher: Canongate BooksISBN: 9781786897350Number of pages: 176Weight: 310 gDimensions: 220 x 144 x 20 mmEdition: Main
MEDIA REVIEWS
The finest book ever written on nature and landscape in BritainMost works of mountain literature are written by men,and most of them focus on the goal of the summit. Nan Shepherd's aimless,sensual exploration of the Cairngorms is bracingly differentReading (The Living Mountain) seems to me to explain why reading is so important. And odd. And necessary. And not like anything else. There is no substitute for readingIf you read it,you too will feel changed. This is sublime,in the 18th-century sense,when landscapes like these were terrifying. And she achieves it in language that is almost incantatory,like a spellA masterpiece...Amongst the greatest works of nature writing to come out of BritainAn impressionistic and weather infused memoir of her experiences of walking and living in the wild landscape of the Cairngorms...A key influence on modern nature writers such as Robert MacfarlaneI absolutely loved The Living Mountain - part memoir,part field notebook,part lyrical meditation on nature and our relationship with it,evocative of Rachel Carson and Henry Beston and John Muir
Nan Shepherd
Visit the Nan Shepherd 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
Kommentar