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The Stubborn Light of Things: A Nature Diary
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The Stubborn Light of Things will transform the way you see the world.
A Londoner for over twenty years, moving from flat to Tube to air-conditioned office, Melissa Harrison knew what it was to be insulated from the seasons. Adopting a dog and going on daily walks helped reconnect her with the cycle of the year and the quiet richness of nature all around her: swifts nesting in a nearby church; ivy-leaved toadflax growing out of brick walls; the first blackbird’s song; an exhilarating glimpse of a hobby over Tooting Common.
Moving from scrappy city verges to ancient, rural Suffolk, where Harrison eventually relocates, this diary – compiled from her beloved Nature Notebook column in The Times – maps her joyful engagement with the natural world and demonstrates how we must first learn to see, and then act to preserve, the beauty we have on our doorsteps – no matter where we live.
A perceptive and powerful call-to-arms written in mesmerizing prose, The Stubborn Light of Things confirms Harrison as a central voice in British nature writing.
A Londoner for over twenty years, moving from flat to Tube to air-conditioned office, Melissa Harrison knew what it was to be insulated from the seasons. Adopting a dog and going on daily walks helped reconnect her with the cycle of the year and the quiet richness of nature all around her: swifts nesting in a nearby church; ivy-leaved toadflax growing out of brick walls; the first blackbird’s song; an exhilarating glimpse of a hobby over Tooting Common.
Moving from scrappy city verges to ancient, rural Suffolk, where Harrison eventually relocates, this diary – compiled from her beloved Nature Notebook column in The Times – maps her joyful engagement with the natural world and demonstrates how we must first learn to see, and then act to preserve, the beauty we have on our doorsteps – no matter where we live.
A perceptive and powerful call-to-arms written in mesmerizing prose, The Stubborn Light of Things confirms Harrison as a central voice in British nature writing.
- ISBN:
- 9780571363506
- Publication Date:
- 2020-01-01
- Publisher:
- Faber & Faber
- Language:
- English
- Page Count:
- 206
- Size:
- 9.0" l x 6.0" w x 1.0" h
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- Biography and Memoir
- Nature
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