A Life in Nature - Or How to Catch a Mole

Informationen zum Autor Marc Hamer was born in the North of England and moved to Wales over thirty years ago. After spending a period homeless, then working on the railway, he returned to education and studied fine art in Manchester and Stoke-on-Trent. He has worked in art galleries, marketing, graphic design and taught creative writing in a prison before becoming a gardener. Both his books, A Life in Nature; or How to Catch a Mole and Seed to Dust have been longlisted for the Wainwright Prize. Klappentext A life-affirming look at the British countryside, and associated themes of nature, solitude, mortality and contentment, as perceived in the author's work as a traditional-methods mole-catcher. Zusammenfassung A captivating, life-affirming memoir of a life in nature that celebrates finding wonder in our world.

Product details

• Authors: Marc Hamer
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.04.2020
• EAN: 9781784709938
• ISBN: 978-1-78470-993-8
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 16 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature and society: general, reference works; NATURE / Animals / Wildlife, NATURE / Animals / Mammals, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Rural, Animals & society, The countryside, country life: general interest, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Gift books, Wildlife: mammals, The countryside, country life, Animals and society, Wildlife: mammals: general interest, Coping with ageing