Waterlog

About the author

Roger Deakin, who died in 2006, was a writer, filmmaker and environmentalist of international renown. He was a founder member of Friends of the Earth, and co-founded Common Ground. He lived for thirty-eight years in a moated farmhouse in Suffolk. Waterlog, which was first published in 1999, became a word-of-mouth bestseller, and is now an established classic of the nature writing canon.Olivia Laing is an internationally acclaimed writer and critic. They’re the author of eight books, including The Lonely City, Everybody and the Sunday Times number one bestseller The Garden Against Time. Laing’s first novel, Crudo, won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and in 2018 they were awarded the Windham-Campbell Prize for non-fiction. They are an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Academy of Arts and their books have been translated into twenty-one languages.

Summary

Encompassing cultural history, autobiography, travel writing and natural history, Waterlog is a personal journey, a bold assertion of the native swimmer's right to roam, and an unforgettable celebration of the magic of water.

Product details

• Authors: Roger Deakin, Deakin Roger
• Assisted by: Olivia Laing (Introduction), Laing Olivia (Introduction)
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 07.08.2014
• EAN: 9781784700065
• ISBN: 978-1-78470-006-5
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 22 mm
• Subjects: Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales; Cultural Studies, TRAVEL / Europe / Great Britain, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / Oceans & Seas, Applied ecology, United Kingdom, Great Britain, British Isles, swimming, Sea life and the seashore: general interest, Sea life & the seashore, Rivers and lakes, Environmentalist thought and ideology, Swimming & diving, SPORTS & RECREATION / Water Sports / Swimming & Diving, Swimming and diving