The Living Mountain: A Celebration of the Cairngorm Mountains of Scotland by Nan

Description: The Living Mountain by Nan Shepherd, Robert Macfarlane, Jeanette Winterson A beautiful, collectible gift edition of the masterpiece of Scottish nature writing. Introduced by Robert Macfarlane and with an afterword by Jeanette Winterson. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The finest book ever written on nature and landscape in Britain. - GuardianIn 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. Author Biography Anna (Nan) Shepherd was born in 1893 and died in 1981. Closely attached to Aberdeen and her native Deeside, she graduated from her home university in 1915 and for the next forty-one years worked as a lecturer in English. An enthusiastic gardener and hill-walker, she made many visits to the Cairngorms with students and friends. She also travelled further afield - to Norway, France, Italy, Greece and South Africa - but always returned to the house where she was raised and where she lived almost all of her adult life, in the village of West Cults, three miles from Aberdeen on North Deeside. To honour her legacy, in 2016, Nan Shepherd was added to the Royal Bank of Scotland five-pound note. Review The finest book ever written on nature and landscape in Britain * * Guardian * *Most works of mountain literature are written by men, and most of them focus on the goal of the summit. Nan Shepherds aimless, sensual exploration of the Cairngorms is bracingly different -- ROBERT MACFARLANEReading [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 reading * * Jeanette Winterson * *If 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 spell -- Nicholas Lezard * * Guardian * *A masterpiece . . . Amongst the greatest works of nature writing to come out of Britain -- Chitra Ramaswamy * * The Scotsman * *An 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 Macfarlane * * Herald * *I 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 -- MARIA POPOVA, Brain Pickings * * New York Times * * Long Description A beautiful, collectible gift edition of the masterpiece of Scottish nature writing. Introduced by Robert Macfarlane and with an afterword by Jeanette Winterson. The finest book ever written on nature and landscape in Britain. - Guardian In 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. Review Text The finest book ever written on nature and landscape in Britain Review Quote "The finest book ever written on nature and landscape in Britain" Guardian "Most works of mountain literature are written by men, and most of them focus on the goal of the summit. Nan Shepherds aimless, sensual exploration of the Cairngorms is bracingly different" ROBERT MACFARLANE "[A] masterpiece of Scottish writing" ANITA SETHI, Observer "A masterpiece . . . Amongst the greatest works of nature writing to come out of Britain" Scotsman "Reading [ 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 reading" JEANETTE WINTERSON Promotional "Headline" A beautiful, collectable gift edition of the masterpiece of Scottish nature writing. Introduced by Robert Macfarlane and with an afterword by Jeanette Winterson Description for Sales People Collected together in a beautiful new package, The Living Mountain will appeal to fans of the nature writing of Robert McFarlane, Roger Deakin and John Lister-Kaye Widely considered Shepherds masterpiece, The Living Mountain has sold over 75,000 copies across editions. To honour her legacy, in 2016 Nan Shepherd was added to the Royal Bank of Scotland five-pound note Details ISBN1786897350 Author Jeanette Winterson Year 2019 ISBN-10 1786897350 ISBN-13 9781786897350 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2019-08-01 Pages 176 Subtitle A Celebration of the Cairngorm Mountains of Scotland Place of Publication Edinburgh Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 941.24 Short Title The Living Mountain Language English Series Canons Series Number 6 UK Release Date 2019-08-01 AU Release Date 2019-08-01 Illustrations No Imprint Canongate Books Publisher Canongate Books Edition Description Main Alternative 9781786899361 Audience General NZ Release Date 2019-09-02 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:126124980;

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