A wonderful evocation of Britain's natural beauty and a reminder of our need to connect with the wilderness'The Times Are there any genuinely wild places left in Britain and Ireland Or have we farmed and built ourselves out of wildness From forest to moor,mountain to saltmarsh,Robert Macfarlane explores the wild places of Britain to see the wonders we still possess.In his bewitching and inspiring modern classic of nature writing,the acclaimed author of Underland and The Lost Words presents a portrait of a vanishing but still miraculous British landscape.'Time and again he takes the reader's breath away'Financial Times'A marvellously evocative portrait of place'Sunday Telegraph
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Publisher: Granta BooksISBN: 9781783784493Number of pages: 352Weight: 248 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 21 mm
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A wonderful evocation of Britain's natural beauty and a reminder of our need to connect with the wildernessTime and again he takes the reader's breath awayA beautiful and inspiring bookA marvellously evocative portrait of placeA beautifully modulated call from the wild,that will ensorcell any urban prisoner wishing to break freeA powerful and passionate book,essential reading
Robert 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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