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Among the Summer Snows: A Highlands Walk
Christopher Nicholson
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Description for Among the Summer Snows: A Highlands Walk
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKSH; 3JMG; WNWM; WSZC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Christopher Nicholson's first book of nature writing is a beautiful account of an unusual obsession. In 2016 he spent August searching for the remaining snows of the Scottish Highlands. His account of his solitary walk is by turns funny, fascinating and inspiring. A meditation on walking, mountains, snow and our changing climate, Nicholson also turns his curious eye on nature-lovers themselves. What are we looking for when we walk and what is it we want from nature? What is it we see and what is it we miss? What remains when we are gone and what have we lost from ... Read more
Christopher Nicholson's first book of nature writing is a beautiful account of an unusual obsession. In 2016 he spent August searching for the remaining snows of the Scottish Highlands. His account of his solitary walk is by turns funny, fascinating and inspiring. A meditation on walking, mountains, snow and our changing climate, Nicholson also turns his curious eye on nature-lovers themselves. What are we looking for when we walk and what is it we want from nature? What is it we see and what is it we miss? What remains when we are gone and what have we lost from ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
September Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781910463604
SKU
V9781910463604
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Ref
99-50
About Christopher Nicholson
Christopher Nicholson was born in London in 1956. He lives in south-west England. His first novel, THE FATTEST MAN IN AMERICA, was published in 2005. THE ELEPHANT KEEPER, which followed in 2009, was shortlisted for the Costa Best Novel award and for the Encore Award. His third novel, WINTER, about the life of the elderly Thomas Hardy, was published in ... Read more
Reviews for Among the Summer Snows: A Highlands Walk
'This is the kind of beautiful writing that transcends form - in this case nature writing - to arrive somewhere improbable and compelling.' Paul Evans, Guardian | 'A beautiful book about love and loss, fragility and chance, the wide world and the near world...full of intense light and colour, extraordinary glimpses, moving insights and subtle humour.' Richard Kerridge, author of ... Read more