The Dark Stuff: Stories from the Peatlands - Hardcover

Murray, Donald S.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1472942752 ISBN 13: 9781472942753

Verlag: Bloomsbury Wildlife, 2018

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Críticas:

A heartwarming spectacle of desolation (Graham Robb The Spectator 2018-04-07)

Deeply enjoyable. The book is a delight. This is a celebration of both the ordinary and the extraordinary. (Alan Massie The Scotsman 2018-04-14)

Engaging, inquisitive and beautifully articulate (Roger Hutchinson West Highland Free Press 2018-04-13)

A beguiling mix of nature writing, history and memoir...an unusual book, but a beautiful one. (Cal Flynn Five Books 2018-12-16)

A good story, well-told (Michael Wigan Country Life 2018-05-23)

Reseña del editor:

Donald S. Murray spent much of his childhood either playing or working on the moor, chasing sheep across empty acres and cutting and gathering peat for fuel.

The Dark Stuff is an examination of how this landscape affected him and others. Donald explores his early life on the Isle of Lewis together with the experiences of those who lived near moors much further afield, from the Highlands and Islands of Scotland to the Netherlands, Germany, Ireland and even Australia. Examining this environment in all its roles and guises, Donald reflects on the ways that for centuries humans have represented the moor in literature, art and folktale, and he reveals how in some countries, these habitats remain an essential aspect of their industrial heritage and working life today.

On his journey, Donald confronts the unexpected - how Europe's peatlands are part of the dark heart of that continent, playing a crucial role in the history of crime and punishment in several countries. He also examines our current perception of moorland, asking how - for the sake, perhaps, of our planet's survival - we can learn to love a landscape we have all too often in our history denigrated, feared and despised.

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• Verlag: Bloomsbury Wildlife
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1472942752
• ISBN 13: 9781472942753
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 256