The Living MountainThe 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. Drawing on different perspectives of the mountain environment, Shepherd makes the familiar strange and the strange awe-inspiring. Her sensitivity and powers of observation put her into the front rank of nature writing. |
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User Review - breic - www.librarything.com"But at first I was seeking only sensuous gratification… I was not interested in the mountain for itself, but for its effect on me, as puss caresses not the man but herself against the man's trouser ... Read full review
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User Review - jon1lambert - www.librarything.comJust coming to the end of The living mountain, written during the Second World War but not published until 1997 by Aberdeen University Press and reissued more recently as part of the gush of nature ... Read full review
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The Living Mountain: A Celebration of the Cairngorm Mountains of Scotland Nan Shepherd Limited preview - 2008 |
The Living Mountain: A Celebration of the Cairngorm Mountains of Scotland Nan Shepherd No preview available - 2019 |
The Living Mountain: A Celebration of the Cairngorm Mountains of Scotland Nan Shepherd No preview available - 2011 |
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Living Mountain Canongate Classics Series |
| Author | Nan Shepherd |
| Publisher | Canongate Books, 2008 |
| ISBN | 1847674240, 9781847674241 |
| Length | 108 pages |
| Subjects | › › Fiction / Family Life / General Fiction / Literary Fiction / Short Stories (single author) |
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