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New Releases by Robert Macfarlane

Robert Macfarlane is the author of Song of the Cedars (2026), The World to Come - a Times Book of the Year 2024 (2026), Night Creatures: Firefly (2025), È vivo un fiume? (2025), Is a River Alive? (2025).

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Song of the Cedars

release date: Nov 10, 2026
Song of the Cedars
A world first: This stunning introduction to Los Cedros Cloud Forest is told by internationally acclaimed author Robert Macfarlane, groundbreaking instrumentalist and composer Cosmo Sheldrake, and by the forest itself This beautiful book is a vital act of nature activism in its own right. Turn the elaborately illustrated pages to discover the extraordinary plants, animals, and fungi of Los Cedros Cloud Forest, one of the most biologically diverse habitats on Earth. Then, fold the pages out to create a grand panoramic scene that explores the delicate interconnectedness of nature. Brought to you by the MOTH collective--an interdisciplinary group of world-class creatives and legal advocates who merge art and law to champion "more than human" rights--this book marks a publishing first: the Los Cedros Cloud Forest will have its moral rights asserted as a cocreator, the first time a natural being has been legally recognized in the publishing world. Spectacular, innovative and timely, this book draws you into the magical natural world of the cloud forest, created in collaboration with the forest itself.

The World to Come - a Times Book of the Year 2024

release date: Mar 19, 2026
The World to Come - a Times Book of the Year 2024
The Guardian Best Children's Books of 2024 The Times Best Children's Books of 2024 Waterstones Best Children's Books of 2024 Shortlisted for Foyles Book of the Year 2024 Shortlisted for Nibbies Illustrated Book of the Year 2025 Stunning picture book collaboration from bestselling author Robert Macfarlane, actor Johnny Flynn and illustrator Emily Sutton On my way through the wood wound a thread through the dream... Take a lyrical journey with a father and son who walk together through an ever-changing landscape and discover a world to come that's filled with hope. This beautiful book sings with a love of words and rhythm, and vividly conjures the magic of nature. Astonishing artwork makes this picture book an instant classic · An all-star collaboration created by actor-musician Johnny Flynn, bestselling author Robert Macfarlane and award-winning illustrator Emily Sutton · An instant classic showcasing the beauty of nature · Wonderful read-aloud text that sings with a love of words and rhythm · Stunning illustrations for a picture book filled with hope and wonder

Night Creatures: Firefly

release date: Oct 21, 2025
Night Creatures: Firefly
From two of the U.K.''s best-known book makers, Robert Macfarlane and Luke Adam Hawker, comes a stunning picture book to ignite wonder in readers everywhere. In the darkness of December, Through the winter''s deepest snowing, When the world is ste ep in camber, And all hope is downwards-flowing Then''s the time to seek what''s glowing... Written in lyrical verse, this story follows one sun-seeking child who discovers a meadow illuminated by fireflies: "fallen constellations" that dance like stars among the summer grasses, setting fears to flight. Enchanting to read aloud and exquisite to hold in the hand, each scene is rendered in spellbinding detail, showing the power of hope in a world steeped in darkness. The first in a trilogy, Firefly is sure to appeal to all ages: An uplifting and lyrical story of light, hope, and wonder With words from beloved and New York Times bestselling author Robert Macfarlane, creator of The Lost Words and The Lost Spells Stunning artwork created from original etchings by Luke Adam Hawker, whose debut book Together was a Sunday Times bestseller Spectacular gift book, cloth bound with a copper foiled cover This accessible story is perfect for children and adults, ages 7 and above

È vivo un fiume?

release date: Aug 26, 2025
È vivo un fiume?
I fiumi sono esseri viventi che meritano riconoscimento e protezione, sia nella visione collettiva sia agli occhi della legge. È l'idea al centro di queste pagine rivoluzionarie, che pongono una domanda tutt'altro che retorica. Per rispondere con un risonante «sí!», Robert Macfarlane fa rotta in Ecuador, India e Canada, esplorando una natura minacciata dagli effetti dell'intervento umano, raccontando le storie di chi lotta per cambiare il destino dei fiumi. Un destino che da sempre scorre parallelo al nostro. I fiumi sono esseri viventi che in quanto tali vanno riconosciuti e tutelati, anche dal punto di vista legale. Questa l'idea su cui si fonda È vivo un fiume? Alla domanda, tutt'altro che retorica, Macfarlane risponde intraprendendo tre viaggi al cuore della lotta per i diritti dei fiumi, accompagnato di volta in volta da attivisti, studiosi, giuristi, artisti, guide locali, amici. Prima tappa, Los Cedros, Ecuador. Una foresta nebulosa, ovvero una foresta pluviale in alta quota, tra gli habitat piú ricchi di biodiversità del pianeta, attraversata dal fiume omonimo, protagonista di una vicenda legale dai risvolti inediti: nel 2021 la Corte costituzionale di Quito ha annullato una concessione mineraria per l'estrazione dell'oro rilasciata dal governo, poiché violava il diritto di esistere della fauna e della flora, e negava al sistema formato dalla foresta e dai fiumi il diritto di «preservare i suoi cicli, la sua struttura, le sue funzioni e il suo processo evolutivo». Chennai, nell'India meridionale, è la seconda tappa. Macfarlane si immerge in una terra da sempre in comunione con l'acqua, minacciata da un inquinamento fuori controllo che ha mutato forse in modo irreversibile l'ecosistema. Qui i cittadini si impegnano per riqualificare l'ambiente con iniziative private, e si cerca disperatamente di sanare le ferite di fiumi, ruscelli e lagune. Macfarlane conclude la sua esplorazione in Canada, nel Nitassinan, dove il mae-stoso fiume Mutehekau Shipu viene difeso da associazioni e gruppi politici che, in nome dei diritti fluviali, si oppongono alla costruzione di nuove dighe dalle conseguenze potenzialmente devastanti. Ogni viaggio, e ritorno a casa, è una vera e propria avventura che si dipana in queste pagine intense: sembra quasi di sentire sulla pelle la cappa di umidità della foresta pluviale, di vedere lo sfarfallio delle libellule che migrano spinte dai monsoni, di provare terrore sul kayak in balia del fiume che si ingrossa, di assistere ai cambiamenti stagionali di amate sorgenti nella campagna inglese. Coinvolgente, suggestivo e illuminante, È vivo un fiume? è il libro piú personale e al tempo stesso piú militante di Robert Macfarlane. Un libro capace di aprire spazi di dialogo e confronto, rimettere in discussione le nostre visioni del mondo, e parlare al cuore. «Un'opera di straordinaria bellezza, un inno poetico che celebra la vitalità della Terra e mostra le nuove forme dell'agire politico che questa può ispirare». Amitav Ghosh «Leggetelo per puro piacere, leggetelo per aprire gli occhi, leggetelo per trovare conferma che il mondo va incontro a cambiamenti non solo drammatici, ma anche meravigliosi». Rebecca Solnit

Is a River Alive?

release date: May 20, 2025
Is a River Alive?
From the best-selling author of Underland and "the great nature writer…of this generation" (Wall Street Journal), a revelatory book that transforms how we imagine rivers—and life itself. "As beautiful as the rivers and the hope he’s describing." —Valorie Castellanos Clark, Los Angeles Times A New York Times Bestseller Winner of the 2026 Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award Winner of the 2026 Nautilus Book Award Shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize Special Jury Citation for the Banff Mountain Books Prize Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker, Economist, Guardian, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Kirkus Reviews, and Publishers Weekly • A Time Must-Read Book • One of NPR’s "Books We Love" • A Washington Post Notable Work of Nonfiction Hailed in the New York Times as “a naturalist who can unfurl a sentence with the breathless ease of a master angler,” Robert Macfarlane brings his glittering style to a profound work of travel writing, reportage, and natural history. Is a River Alive? is a joyful, mind-expanding exploration of an ancient, urgent idea: that rivers are living beings who should be recognized as such in imagination and law. Macfarlane takes readers on three unforgettable journeys teeming with extraordinary people, stories, and places: to the miraculous cloud-forests and mountain streams of Ecuador, to the wounded creeks and lagoons of India, and to the spectacular wild rivers of Canada—imperiled respectively by mining, pollution, and dams. Braiding these journeys is the life story of the fragile chalk stream a mile from Macfarlane’s house, a stream who flows through his own years and days. Powered by dazzling prose and lit throughout by other minds and voices, Is a River Alive? will open hearts, challenge perspectives, and remind us that our fate flows with that of rivers—and always has.

Leeft een rivier?

release date: May 01, 2025
Leeft een rivier?
Overal ter wereld sterven rivieren door vervuiling, droogte en indamming. Al sinds mensenheugenis moeten rivieren dienstbaar zijn voor vervoer, voor energie, als bron van voedsel, als open riool. Wereldwijd is er echter ook een beweging gaande die het leven en de rechten van rivieren en andere natuur wil erkennen en wil vastleggen in de wet om verdere vernietiging tegen te gaan. Natuurschrijver Robert Macfarlane is diep overtuigd van deze Rights of Nature. In Leeft een rivier? neemt hij zijn lezers mee op een reis langs drie grote stroomgebieden, in Ecuador, India en Canada. Van nevelwouden naar lagunes en van kreken naar kolkende watermassa's. Alle drie de rivieren worden bedreigd en voor alle drie wordt een strijd geleverd. Leeft een rivier? is Macfarlanes meest persoonlijke én politieke boek tot nu toe. Het bruist van de fascinerende ideeën, onvergetelijke personages en verhalen, en van de haarscherpe natuurobservaties die zijn handelsmerk zijn. Hij verweeft cultuur- en natuurgeschiedenis, reportages, reis- en natuurverslagen met poëtisch proza.

The Lost Words

release date: Mar 25, 2025
The Lost Words
Korean edition of [The Lost Words] by Robert Macfarlane. From bestselling Landmarks author Robert Macfarlane and acclaimed artist and author Jackie Morris, a beautiful collection of poems and illustrations to help readers rediscover the magic of the natural world. Korean edition translated by Jin Gyeong Lee.

The World to Come

release date: Oct 01, 2024
The World to Come
On my way through the wood wound a thread through the dream... Take a lyrical journey through nature with this sumptuous blend of words and pictures that showcase a poet and illustrator at the heights of their craft. Follow a father and son as they walk together through every season - hailing owl and otter, blackbird and silver birch - as together they discover a world to come. Filled with hope, this stunning book by actor and folk singer Johnny Flynn and award-winning author of The Lost Words, Robert Macfarlane, evokes the beauty of nature and showcases a mastery of words. Astonishingly beautiful artwork from Emily Sutton captures the magic of the countryside and makes this picture book an instant classic. - An all-star collaboration created by actor-musician Johnny Flynn, bestselling author Robert Macfarlane and award-winning illustrator Emily Sutton - An instant classic showcasing the beauty of nature - Lyrical text showing a master at work - Stunning illustrations for a picture book filled with hope and wonder

念念远山

release date: Jan 01, 2024

Il barbagianni, la volpe e la quercia

release date: Oct 16, 2023
Il barbagianni, la volpe e la quercia
LASCIA CHE LA NATURA TI PRENDA LO SGUARDO, TI COLMI LA VOCE, T’INVADA IL CUORE Lepri bianche, falene, civette, volpi, ghiandaie ma anche betulle, querce, margherite e molti altri animali e piante comuni o di rara bellezza immortalati in parole e illustrazioni che scorrono tra le pagine e nella mente come (in)canti perduti. La poesia dei testi di Robert Macfarlane e le illustrazioni ad acquerello di Jackie Morris sono musicali e magiche come fiabe lontane, perdute reminiscenze, paesaggi dimenticati. Leggere questo libro ad alta voce è avere di nuovo il mondo naturale a portata di mano e ricordare cosa succede quando gli permettiamo di scivolare lontano da noi. Un balsamo per l’anima che cura come un incantesimo, un piccolo miracolo della natura che nutre cuore e mente e che apre tra le mani di grandi e piccini un prezioso scrigno di incanto e conoscenza.

Los hechizos perdidos

release date: Oct 09, 2023
Los hechizos perdidos
Los hechizos perdidos es un espectacular libro que reúne un hermoso conjunto de poemas de hechizos naturales y obras de arte del alabado dúo creativo Robert Macfarlane y Jackie Morris. Cada «hechizo» conjura un animal, pájaro, árbol o flor, desde la lechuza común hasta el zorro rojo, la foca gris, el abedul plateado, el arrendajo y la grajilla, con los que compartimos nuestras vidas y paisajes. Conmovedor, alegre y divertido, Los hechizos perdidos da testimonio del poder de la naturaleza para asombrar, consolar y traer alegría. Escrito para ser leído en voz alta, está trazado con pinceladas que llaman al bosque, al campo, a la orilla del río y también al corazón.

History of Propellers and Steam Navigation

release date: Oct 27, 2022
History of Propellers and Steam Navigation
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Podzemí

release date: Jan 01, 2022
Podzemí
Vydejte se hledat odpovědi na odvěké otázky existence i současné problémy tam, kde se skutečně skrývají: pod povrch. Náš vztah k temnotě rozjasní pohřební komory z doby bronzové, tajemství grónských ledovců, komplikované sítě stromových kořenů i místo, kde bude po 100 000 let skladován jaderný odpad. Během této úžasné cesty do záhadných prostor mýtů, literatury i krajiny se dozvíte překvapivá fakta o všem, co je pohřbené – v hlubinách Země i lidské mysli.

Die verlorenen Zaubersprüche

release date: Jan 01, 2021

Ghostways

release date: Nov 24, 2020
Ghostways
A hauntingly beautiful diptych of works inspired by Robert Macfarlane’s travels with celebrated collaborators to two eerie corners of England. In Holloway, "a perfect miniature prose-poem" (William Dalrymple), Macfarlane, artist Stanley Donwood, and writer Dan Richards travel to Dorset, near the south coast of England, to explore a famed "hollowed way"—a path used by walkers and riders for so many centuries that it has become worn far down into the soft golden bedrock of the region. In Ness, "a triumphant libretto of mythic modernism for our poisoned age" (Max Porter), Macfarlane and Donwood create a modern myth about Orford Ness, the ten-mile-long shingle spit that lies off the coast of East Anglia, which the British government used for decades to conduct secret weapons tests.

The Gifts of Reading

release date: Sep 17, 2020
The Gifts of Reading
With contributions by: William Boyd, Candice Carty-Williams, Imtiaz Dharker, Roddy Doyle, Pico Iyer, Robert Macfarlane, Andy Miller, Jackie Morris, Jan Morris, Sisonke Msimang, Dina Nayeri, Chigozie Obioma, Michael Ondaatje, David Pilling, Max Porter, Philip Pullman, Alice Pung, Jancis Robinson, S.F.Said, Madeleine Thien, Salley Vickers, John Wood and Markus Zusak ''This story, like so many stories, begins with a gift. The gift, like so many gifts, was a book...'' So begins the essay by Robert Macfarlane that inspired this collection. In this cornucopia of an anthology, you will find essays by some of the world''s most beloved novelists, nonfiction writers, essayists and poets. ''You will see books taking flight in flocks, migrating around the world, landing in people''s hearts and changing them for a day or a year or a lifetime. ''You will see books sparking wonder or anger; throwing open windows into other languages, other cultures, other minds; causing people to fall in love or to fight for what is right. ''And more than anything, over and over again, you will see books and words being given, received and read - and in turn prompting further generosity.'' Published to coincide with the 20th anniversary of global literacy non-profit, Room to Read, The Gifts of Reading forms inspiring, unforgettable, irresistible proof of the power and necessity of books and reading. Inspired by Robert Macfarlane Curated by Jennie Orchard

Bajotierra

release date: Feb 20, 2020
Bajotierra
Robert Macfarlane nos invita a bajar la mirada hacia las profundidades de la tierra: un descenso hacia la historia, la cultura y las memorias del subsuelo. «El gran escritor y poeta de la naturaleza de esta generación.» The Wall Street Journal ¿Por qué descender? ¿Qué sabemos de los mundos que yacen bajo nuestros pies? ¿Qué nos pueden enseñar de nosotros mismos? Bajotierra es una exploración épica del mundo subterráneo a través de los viajes del autor a variopintos paisajes del subsuelo y de la mitología, la literatura y la memoria que los acompañan. En este extraordinario periplo por nuestra relación con la oscuridad, el enterramiento, el pasado y el futuro de nuestro planeta, nos trasladamos de los orígenes del universo a una Tierra poshumana, pasando por las cámaras funerarias de la Edad de Bronce, las catacumbas de París, la macroinfraestructura para almacenar desechos nucleares en las profundidades de Finlandia, el deshielo de los glaciares de Groenlandia, los ríos que desaparecen bajo tierra, las cuevas bajo el hielo ártico y la red fúngica por la que se comunican los árboles. En su habitual afán por encontrar los vínculos entre el paisaje y el corazón humano y gracias a una prosa lírica y llena de fuerza, el autor expone e ilumina esta parte oculta y, apelando a nuestro tiempo, nos invita a ver el mundo desde una nueva perspectiva que indaga sobre el origen y la pérdida pero también en la esperanza y el miedo por el futuro de nuestra existencia. La crítica ha dicho... «Un libro excelente: valiente y sutil, empático y extraño.» Dwight Garner, The New York Times «Una magistral y cautivadora exploración del mundo bajo nuestros pies [...]. Es como si, en lo profundo de la roca ancestral, Macfarlane estuviera ganando perspectiva no solo sobre el tiempo y sobre la naturaleza, sino también sobre su propia carrera literaria [...]. Un libro extraordinario, culto y ameno a la vez, emocionante y bellamente escrito.» Alex Preston, The Guardian «Maravilloso [...]. Con una curiosidad inacabable, generosidad de espíritu, erudición, valentía y claridad [...]. Un libro que vale la pena leer.» The Times «La estrella más visible del firmamento nature writing, desde que publicara Las montañas de la mente. Maestro en fundir historias de personas y territorio con vocabulario espléndido. En Bajotierra, entre la épica y lo cotidiano, alterna el viaje personal con leyendas y mitos para explorar el subsuelo desde los orígenes del universo hasta las Catacumbas de París, la red fúngica que comunica a los árboles.» Gabi Martínez, La Vanguardia. « Bajotierra confirma a Macfarlane como un referente de las letras británicas en el género de la literatura verde. Su libro sobre la fascinación por las montañas le valió ser galardonado con el Guardian First Book Award. En 2017 ganó el Premio E.M. Forster de Literatura y actualmente se dedica a la enseñanza en el Emmanuel College de Cambridge. The Wall Street Journal le consideró «el gran escritor y poeta de la naturaleza de esta generación». Raül Conde, El Mundo « [...] Siempre bien acompañado (Rilke, Borges, Wells, Calvino, David Bowie...) y por una militante preocupación ecologista que nunca cae en la obviedad. Protesta, sí. Pero lo hace con la más elegante y, finalmente, didáctica y convincente de las pasiones.» Rodrigo Fresán, ABC cultural

Montagne della mente. Storia di una passione

release date: Jan 01, 2020

Underland. Un viaggio nel tempo profondo

release date: Jan 01, 2020

Underland

release date: Jun 04, 2019
Underland
National Bestseller • New York Times "100 Notable Books of the Year" • NPR "Favorite Books of 2019" • Guardian "100 Best Books of the 21st Century" • Kirkus Reviews "Best Books of the 21st Century (So Far)" • Winner of the National Outdoor Book Award "Mesmerizing…Underland is a portal of light in dark times." —Terry Tempest Williams, New York Times Book Review In Underland, Robert Macfarlane delivers an epic exploration of the Earth’s underworlds as they exist in myth, literature, memory, and the land itself. Traveling through the dizzying expanse of geologic time—from prehistoric art in Norwegian sea caves, to the blue depths of the Greenland ice cap, to a deep-sunk "hiding place" where nuclear waste will be stored for 100,000 years to come—Underland takes us on an extraordinary journey into our relationship with darkness, burial, and what lies beneath the surface of both place and mind. Global in its geography and written with great lyricism, Underland speaks powerfully to our present moment. At once ancient and urgent, this is a book that will change the way you see the world.

Ness

release date: Jan 01, 2019
Ness
Eerie, unsettling and hauntingly beautiful - a new collaboration from the bestselling creators of Holloway ''Ness goes beyond what we expect books to do. Beyond poetry, beyond the word, beyond the bomb -- it is an aftertime song. It is dark, ever so dark, nimble and lethal. It is a triumphant libretto of mythic modernism for our poisoned age. Ness is something else, and feels like it always has been'' Max Porter, Booker-longlisted author of Lanny and Grief is the Thing with Feathers Somewhere on a salt-and-shingle island, inside a ruined concrete structure known as The Green Chapel, a figure called The Armourer is leading a ritual with terrible intent. But something is coming to stop him. Five more-than-human forms are traversing land, sea and time towards The Green Chapel, moving to the point where they will converge and become Ness. Ness has lichen skin and willow-bones. Ness is made of tidal drift, green moss and deep time. Ness has hagstones for eyes and speaks only in birds. And Ness has come to take this island back. What happens when land comes to life? What would it take for land to need to come to life? Using word and image, Robert Macfarlane and Stanley Donwood have together made a minor modern myth. Part-novella, part-prose-poem, part-mystery play, in Ness their skills combine to dazzling, troubling effect. Robert Macfarlane is the author of The Lost Words with Jackie Morris, The Old Ways and Underland, among other books. Stanley Donwood is an artist and the author of Slowly Downward and Household Worms. His next books are There Will Be No Quiet and Bad Island.

Verloren woorden

release date: Jan 01, 2019

Benedenwereld

release date: Jan 01, 2019

Verlorene Wörter

release date: Oct 18, 2018

Landmarks

release date: Mar 05, 2015
Landmarks
SHORTLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE From the bestselling author of UNDERLAND, THE OLD WAYS and THE LOST WORDS ''Few books give such a sense of enchantment; it is a book to give to many, and to return to repeatedly'' Independent ''Enormously pleasurable, deeply moving. A bid to save our rich hoard of landscape language, and a blow struck for the power of a deep creative relationship to place'' Financial Times ''A book that ought to be read by policymakers, educators, armchair environmentalists and active conservationists the world over'' Guardian ''Gorgeous, thoughtful and lyrical'' Independent on Sunday ''Feels as if [it] somehow grew out of the land itself. A delight'' Sunday Times Discover Robert Macfarlane''s joyous meditation on words, landscape and the relationship between the two. Words are grained into our landscapes, and landscapes are grained into our words. Landmarks is about the power of language to shape our sense of place. It is a field guide to the literature of nature, and a glossary containing thousands of remarkable words used in England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales to describe land, nature and weather. Travelling from Cumbria to the Cairngorms, and exploring the landscapes of Roger Deakin, J. A. Baker, Nan Shepherd and others, Robert Macfarlane shows that language, well used, is a keen way of knowing landscape, and a vital means of coming to love it.

Le antiche vie

release date: Oct 08, 2013
Le antiche vie
Percorrendo a piedi sentieri noti e piste meno battute di Inghilterra, Scozia, Palestina, Spagna, Tibet, Robert Macfarlane scrive un «elogio del camminare» che riaccende di vita l'antico legame tra la strada e il racconto, tra il camminare e il pensare. Macfarlane ha la capacità unica di prendere il lettore per mano come un compagno di strada e ridare un senso allo spaesamento di chiunque si mette in cammino, di ogni uomo che esce fuori per conoscersi dentro.

Silt

release date: Mar 20, 2013
Silt
In Silt, bestselling travel writer Robert Macfarlane walks the Broomway, the deadliest path in Britain. In one of the most striking chapters of his brilliant 2012 book The Old Ways, Robert Macfarlane walks the Essex offshore path which has claimed the lives of more than sixty people over the centuries. His companion on this atmospheric and potentially perilous journey is his old friend and photographer, David Quentin. In this special e-book edition, the Broomway section of The Old Ways appears alongside a run of twenty-two photographs taken that day by David, which form a haunting counterpoint to the text itself. In a newly written afterword, David reflects on the walk, on Robert Macfarlane''s writing and on the fascinating legal terrain which paths like this one traverse even as they cross the land itself. Praise for The Old Ways: ''Macfarlane has shown how utterly beautiful a brilliantly written travel book can still be. As perfect as his now classic The Wild Places. Maybe it is even better than that'' William Dalrymple, Observer ''A lovely book, a poetic investigation into what it is to follow a path, on land and at sea, in the footsteps of both our ancient predecessors and such writers as Edward Thomas: Macfarlane is reviving an entire body of nature writing here'' David Sexton, Evening Standard ''Beautifully written, moving, thrilling. It reminded me of how much stranger and richer the world is... at walking speed'' Philip Pullman, Guardian ''A magnificent meditation on walking and writing. An astonishingly haunted book'' Adam Nicolson, Daily Telegraph ''The Old Ways sets the imagination tingling . . . it is like reading a prose Odyssey sprinkled with imagist poems'' John Carey, Sunday Times Robert Macfarlane is the author of the award-winning Mountains of the Mind; The Wild Places; The Old Ways, which was shortlisted for the 2012 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction; and Landmarks, which was shortlisted for the 2015 Samuel Johnson Prize. He is a Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. David Quentin is a barrister specialising in tax law. He also takes photographs, teaches Cambridge undergraduates about versification and plays the bass guitar in London-based krautgoth noisegaze outfit The Murder Act.

The Old Ways

release date: Oct 11, 2012
The Old Ways
From the acclaimed author of The Wild Places and Underland, an exploration of walking and thinking In this exquisitely written book, Robert Macfarlane sets off from his Cambridge, England, home to follow the ancient tracks, holloways, drove roads, and sea paths that crisscross both the British landscape and its waters and territories beyond. The result is an immersive, enthralling exploration of the ghosts and voices that haunt old paths, of the stories our tracks keep and tell, and of pilgrimage and ritual. Told in Macfarlane’s distinctive voice, The Old Ways folds together natural history, cartography, geology, archaeology and literature. His walks take him from the chalk downs of England to the bird islands of the Scottish northwest, from Palestine to the sacred landscapes of Spain and the Himalayas. Along the way he crosses paths with walkers of many kinds—wanderers, pilgrims, guides, and artists. Above all this is a book about walking as a journey inward and the subtle ways we are shaped by the landscapes through which we move. Macfarlane discovers that paths offer not just a means of traversing space, but of feeling, knowing, and thinking.

De oude wegen / druk 1

release date: Sep 22, 2012
De oude wegen / druk 1
Verslag van wandeltochten door historisch betekenisvolle landschappen in vooral Groot-Brittannië, maar ook Palestina, Spanje en Tibet.
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