The Living Mountain: A Celebration of the Cairngorm Mountains …
WEBAug 18, 2011 · An astonishing lyrical masterpiece by a poet, mountaineer and naturalist, Nan Shepherd, The Living Mountain opened physical and spiritual vistas I have never before encountered. Her lifetime of closely observed, thoroughly lived experience on the Cairngorm Plateau of Scotland offers a unique immersion into one wild and remote region of …
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WEBJan 1, 2001 · The Living Mountain is a lyrical testament in praise of the Cairngorms. It is a work deeply rooted in Nan Shepherd's knowledge of the natural world, and a poetic and philosophical meditation on our longing for high and holy places.
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WEBIn 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… show more.
The Living Mountain: Shepherd, Nan, Macfarlane, Robert, Odell, …
WEBAn internationally bestselling classic on the power of the natural world—“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” (The New York Times).
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The Living Mountain: A Celebration of the Cairngorm Mountains …
WEBApr 10, 2014 · 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 Shepherd's aimless, sensual exploration of the Cairngorms is bracingly different -- ROBERT MACFARLANE.
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The Living Mountain (Canons): A Celebration of the Cairngorm …
WEBIntroduction by Robert Macfarlane. Afterword by Jeanette Winterson. 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.
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WEBThe Living Mountain is the result of one woman’s lifetime spent in search of the essential nature of the wild world around her. Composed during World War II, Shepherd’s manuscript lay untouched for almost four decades, nearly lost to time, before it was finally published.
Nan Shepherd - Wikipedia
WEBAnna "Nan" Shepherd (11 February 1893 – 27 February 1981) was a Scottish Modernist writer and poet, best known for her seminal mountain memoir, The Living Mountain, based on experiences of hill walking in the Cairngorms.
The Living Mountain by Nan Shepherd, Robert Macfarlane
WEBAug 18, 2011 · Written during the Second World War, The Living Mountain describes the incredible journeys Shepherd made into the regal Cairngorm Mountains of Scotland in a powerful meditation on the solace and strength to be found in the wilderness.
The living mountain : a celebration of the Cairngorm mountains …
WEBJan 22, 2022 · The living mountain : a celebration of the Cairngorm mountains of Scotland : Shepherd, Nan : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive. by. Shepherd, Nan. Publication date. 2011. Topics. Mountains -- Scotland -- Cairngorms, Natural history -- Scotland -- Cairngorms, English literature -- …
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