Meadowland - The private life of an English field

WINNER OF THE THWAITES WAINWRIGHT PRIZE 2015What really goes on in the long grass?Meadowland gives an unique and intimate account of an English meadow's life from January to December, together with its biography. In exquisite prose, John Lewis-Stempel records the passage of the seasons from cowslips in spring to the hay-cutting of summer and grazing in autumn, and includes the biographies of the animals that inhabit the grass and the soil beneath: the badger clan, the fox family, the rabbit warren,the skylark brood and the curlew pair, among others. Their births, lives, and deaths are stories that thread through the book from first page to last.

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My book of the year. Meadowland is a seasonal journey of discovery, a pilgrimage that nurtures the soul and gives meaning to life; all life. Each beautifully crafted sentence provides a stepping-stone to absorb and understand the land, with the writer's lyrical voice acting as guide and trusty staff as well as illuminating the mind's eye with wonderful imagery and perceptive literary devices. Stuart Winter Sunday Express

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• Authors: John Lewis Stempel, John Lewis-Stempel, Lewis-Stempel John
• Publisher: BLACK SWAN
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.04.2015
• EAN: 9780552778992
• ISBN: 978-0-552-77899-2
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 198 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works; NATURE / General, NATURE / Ecology, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / General, NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / Wilderness, NATURE / Seasons, The countryside, country life: general interest, The countryside, country life, The Earth: Natural History General, The Earth: natural history: general interest