630 стр. 4 иллюстрации Аннотация J. A. Baker’s extraordinary classic of British nature writingDespite the association of peregrines with the wild, outer reaches of the British Isles, The Peregrine is set on the flat marshes of the Essex coast, where J A Baker spent a long winter looking and writing about the visitors from the uplands – peregrines that spend the winter hunting the huge flocks of pigeons and waders that share the desolate landscape with them.Including original diaries from which The Peregrine was written and its companion volume The Hill of Summer, this is a beautiful compendium of lyrical nature writing… СкачатьПодробнее Оцените книгу J. Baker A., Mark Cocker The Peregrine: The Hill of Summer & Diaries: The Complete Works of J. A. Baker
280 стр. 8 иллюстраций Аннотация Reissue of J. A. Baker’s extraordinary classic of British nature writing, with an exclusive new afterword by Robert Macfarlane.Despite the association of peregrines with the wild, outer reaches of the British Isles, The Peregrine is set on the flat marshes of the Essex coast, where J A Baker spent a long winter looking and writing about the visitors from the uplands – peregrines that spend the winter hunting the huge flocks of pigeons and waders that share the desolate landscape with them.Such luminaries as Ted Hughes and Andrew Motion have cited this as one of the most important books in… СкачатьПодробнее Оцените книгу J. Baker A., John Fanshawe, Mark Cocker, Robert MacFarlane The Peregrine: 50th Anniversary Edition: Afterword by Robert Macfarlane