An evocative meditation on the English landscape in wet weather by the acclaimed novelist and nature writer, Melissa Harrison.
About the Author: Melissa Harrison writes a monthly Nature Notebook column in The Times.
128 Pages
Travel, Europe
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About the Book
"Wonderful." - James Rebanks, author of The Shepherd's Life"Rain is that rare and delightful thing, nature writing that entertains as it informs." - Tristan Gooley, author of The Lost Art of Reading Nature
Book Synopsis
An evocative meditation on the English landscape in wet weather by the acclaimed novelist and nature writer, Melissa Harrison. Whenever rain falls, the English countryside changes. Fields, farms, hills and hedgerows appear altered, the wildlife behaves differently, and over time the terrain itself is transformed. In Rain, Melissa Harrison follows the course of four rain showers, in four seasons, across Wicken Fen, Shropshire, the Darent Valley and Dartmoor. Blending these expeditions with reading, research and memory, she shows that rain is part and parcel of the English identity.
About the Author
Melissa Harrison writes a monthly Nature Notebook column in The Times. Her debut novel Clay (2013) won the Portsmouth First Fiction Award and was chosen by Ali Smith as a Book of the Year. Her second, At Hawthorn Time, was shortlisted for the 2015 Costa Novel Award. It was one of A. S. Byatt's Summer Reads in the Observer, and a Book of the Year for 2015 in the Telegraph. She lives in south London.
Dimensions (Overall): 7.7 Inches (H) x 4.9 Inches (W) x .5 Inches (D)
Weight: .3 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 128
Genre: Travel
Sub-Genre: Europe
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Theme: Great Britain
Format: Paperback
Author: Melissa Harrison
Language: English
Street Date: February 1, 2018
TCIN: 90637086
UPC: 9780571328949
Item Number (DPCI): 247-19-4205
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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