Tarka the Otter

Informationen zum Autor Henry Williamson is regarded by many as Britain's finest nature writer. He was born in London in 1895 but his work is rooted in the north Devon countryside where he went to live after being deeply affected by his experiences in the First World War. He published some fifty books, a mix of country stories, most famously Tarka the Otter and Salar the Salmon , and autobiographical fiction, including the fifteen-volume novel cycle, A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight. He died in 1977. Klappentext Henry Williamson is regarded by many as Britain's finest nature writer. He was born in London in 1895 but his work is rooted in the north Devon countryside where he went to live after being deeply affected by his experiences in the First World War. He published some fifty books, a mix of country stories, most famously Tarka the Otter and Salar the Salmon , and autobiographical fiction, including the fifteen-volume novel cycle, A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight . He died in 1977. Jeremy Gavron is the author of five books, including The Last Elephant: An African Quest , and three novels, Moon , The Book of Israel , which won the Encore Award, and An Acre of Barren Ground . Zusammenfassung In the wild there is no safety. The otter cub Tarka grows up with his mother and sisters, learning to swim, catch fish, to fear the cry of the hunter and the flash of the metal trap. Soon he must fend for himself always on the run. Eventually, chased by a pack of hounds, he meets his nemesis, the fearsome dog Deadlock, and must fight for his life.

Product details

• Authors: Jeremy Gavron, Henry Williamson
• Assisted by: Jeremy Gavron (Introduction)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 07.05.2009
• EAN: 9780141190358
• ISBN: 978-0-14-119035-8
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 12 mm
• Series: Penguin Classics; Modern Classics; Penguin Modern Classics; Penguin Modern Classics; Penguin Classics
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Story books, fairytales, sagas, rhymes, songs; Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Animals, Interest age: from c 7 years