SOMETHING OUT THERE by Jim Crumley ( 9781870325042 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

SOMETHING OUT THERE

By:

Jim Crumley

Format:

Paperback

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£14.95

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ISBN 10:

1870325044

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9781870325042

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Publisher:

WHITTLES PUBLISHING

Pub. date:

30 May, 2002

Pages:

136

Description:

This volume of nature writing is set largely in Highland Perthshire, the author's home for several years. It is an account of his quest to rediscover something of the ancient bond between man and nature.

Synopsis:

'Like many a Highland glen, the Fathan Ghlinne should be wooded but isn't. But I have sat long and often and listened to the ancient river speech, to the windsong of three birches and a rowan, the rowan above a meeting of waterfalls which should be a portentous place. And the word on the wind and in the speech of the river is that the trees and wolves and the people will be back.' Thus Jim Crumley concludes this remarkable book of nature writing. The setting is largely Highland Perthshire (there are startling asides to Mull and Alaska), the author's home for several years, and where, having 'chased a rainbow' that faded early he stayed on and put down a root that nourished his nature writer's instincts. Something Out There is Jim Crumley's account of his quest to rediscover something of the ancient bond between man and nature. It is told in prose that is three-quarters of the way to poetry, and in the process gives the art of nature writing a bold new standard bearer for the 21st century.

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