The Living Mountain
A Celebration of the Cairngorm Mountains of Scotland (Canons)
Nan Shepherd
Explore the breathtaking beauty and sometimes harsh reality of the Cairngorm mountains in this poetic masterpiece by Nan Shepherd. The Living Mountain vividly captures the rocks, rivers, creatures, and hidden aspects of this remarkable landscape with intense prose that will leave you in awe. Shepherd's quest to uncover the "essential nature" of these mountains led her to write this classic meditation, which remained unpublished for over 30 years. Don't miss this unforgettable tribute to the magnificence of mountains and our imaginative relationship with the natural world.
Publish Date
2011-08-18T00:00:00.000Z
2011-08-18T00:00:00.000Z
first published in 1977
Goodreads Rating
4.29
ISBN
9780857861832
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2020-03-17T20:10:12.000Z
So: I propose that we take Nan Shepherd's slender masterpiece The Living Mountain as the first book in the #CoReadingVirus global Twitter Reading Group. It's a beautiful, moving, wise meditation on landscape, love, nature & the nature of being.
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