The Old Ways

A Journey on Foot

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Beschreibung

<p><b>THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER</b></p><p>SHORTLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE</p><p>The original bestseller from the beloved author of <i>UNDERLAND, LANDMARKS </i>and<i> THE LOST WORDS </i><i>- </i>Robert Macfarlane travels Britain's ancient paths and discovers the secrets of our beautiful, underappreciated landscape</p><p>'<i>The Old Ways</i> confirms Macfarlane's reputation as one of the most eloquent and observant of contemporary writers about nature' <i>Scotland</i><i> on Sunday</i><br><br>Following the tracks, holloways, drove-roads and sea paths that form part of a vast ancient network of routes criss-crossing the British Isles and beyond, Robert Macfarlane discovers a lost world - a landscape of the feet and the mind, of pilgrimage and ritual, of stories and ghosts; above all of the places and journeys which inspire and inhabit our imaginations.</p><p><b>'Sublime... It sets the imagination tingling, laying an irresistible trail for readers to follow' <i>Sunday Times</i></b></p><p><b>'Read this and it will be impossible to take an unremarkable walk again' <i>Metro</i></b></p><p>'He has a rare physical intelligence and affords total immersion in place, elements and the passage of time: wonderful' Antony Gormley</p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9780141030586

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

195 x 128 x 35 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2013

Verlag / Hersteller

Penguin Books Ltd (UK)