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Claxton: Field Notes from a Small Planet
Mary Cocker
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Description for Claxton: Field Notes from a Small Planet
paperback. In 2001 the author moved to Claxton, a small village in Norfolk. In a series of daily writings spanning the course of a year he explores his relationship to the landscape he lives in, to nature and to all the living things around him. This book is a celebration of the wonder that lies in our everyday experience. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAN; WNC; WND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 212.
'After Mark Cocker’s glorious book, you will never look at a blackberry bush the same way again.'
Philip Hoare, New Statesman
In 2001 Mark Cocker moved to Claxton, a small village in Norfolk. In a series of daily writings spanning the course of a year he explores his relationship to the landscape he lives in, to nature and to all the living things around him - the birds, plants, trees, mammals, hoverflies, moths, butterflies, bush crickets, grasshoppers, ants and bumblebees. Passionate, astonishing and inspiring, this book is a celebration of the wonder that lies in our everyday ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099593478
SKU
9780099593478
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Mary Cocker
Mark Cocker is an author and naturalist whose thirteen books include works of biography, history, literary criticism and memoir. His book Crow Country was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize in 2008 and won the New Angle Prize for Literature in 2009. With the photographer David Tipling he published Birds and People in 2013, a massive survey described by the ... Read more
Reviews for Claxton: Field Notes from a Small Planet
After Mark Cocker’s glorious book, you will never look at a blackberry bush the same way again.
Philip Hoare
New Statesman
A nature journal full of beautiful, delicate observation
Guardian
A beautifully-written account of one man’s passion for the natural world
Daily Mail
If your eye has ever been caught by a moth, ... Read more
Philip Hoare
New Statesman
A nature journal full of beautiful, delicate observation
Guardian
A beautifully-written account of one man’s passion for the natural world
Daily Mail
If your eye has ever been caught by a moth, ... Read more