With an introduction by Robert MacfarlaneShortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize and winner of the Hawthornden Prize.I had attached myself to the birds. I couldn't move on until the birds moved on,and the birds couldn't move on without the spring.One winter,after an enforced period of recuperation,William Fiennes finds himself restless and yearning for adventure. He travels to Texas,where he begins a quest to trace the million-strong flocks of snow geese making their spring flight thousands of miles north to the Arctic tundra. On his epic journey he meets people from every walk of life,from ex-nuns to train fanatics,and their stories resound with the longing to arrive at the right place in the world.Shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize and winner of the Hawthornden Prize,The Snow Geese is a poignant and lyrical paean to the richness and wonder of the world around us. A unique blend of autobiography,travel and nature writing,this is a classic tale of belonging and the inescapable lure of home.
Publisher: Pan MacmillanISBN: 9781447275442Number of pages: 256Weight: 188 gDimensions: 196 x 129 x 18 mm
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Why are we drawn to birds,to landscape,to nature It is for the sense of wonder - and in capturing that sense of wonder,Fiennes reminds us how desperately we all need itThe Snow Geese moved me as have few other recent books. No one who reads it is likely to continue to look at the world in the same wayA beautifully solitary and beautifully reflective bookThe descriptions of the geese and their environment are jaw-droppingly beautiful. But Fiennes'most remarkable talent is for describing the quotidian with such freshness that it is like seeing the world for the first timeAn inspired work of natural history and travel. A classicHis sharp eye and his inventive similes take us everywhere with him...an unmistakably gifted writer
William Fiennes
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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.
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