
The Living Mountain
A Celebration of the Cairngorm Mountains of Scotland
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Narrated by:
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Tilda Swinton
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Robert MacFarlane
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Jeanette Winterson
In this masterpiece of nature writing, beautifully narrated by Oscar-winning actress Tilda Swinton, Nan Shepherd describes her journeys into the Cairngorm mountains of Scotland. There she encounters a world that can be breathtakingly beautiful at times and shockingly harsh at others. Her intense, poetic prose explores and records the rocks, rivers, creatures and hidden aspects of this remarkable landscape.
Shepherd spent a lifetime in search of the ‘essential nature’ of the Cairngorms; her quest led her to write this classic meditation on the magnificence of mountains, and on our imaginative relationship with the wild world around us. Composed during the Second World War, the manuscript of The Living Mountain lay untouched for more than 30 years before it was finally published.
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Critic reviews
"The finest book ever written on nature and landscape in Britain." (Guardian)
"Reading [The Living Mountain] seems to me to explain why reading is so important. And odd. And necessary. And not like anything else. There is no substitute for reading." (Jeanette Winterson)
"Most works of mountain literature are written by men, and most of them focus on the goal of the summit. Nan Shepherd's aimless, sensual exploration of the Cairngorms is bracingly different." (Robert MacFarlane)
Recommend unequivocally if you like words, mountains, and ideas.
Beautiful prose crisply read
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Perfection
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readers voice, intent and inflection all perfect!!
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Extremely poetic
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Exquisite writing, glorious delivery
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Tilda Swinton’s narration of this precious book is exquisite, full of feeling.
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Absolutely stunning
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A hidden Scottish treasure …
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This narrator is phenomenal. I'd listen to other books narrated by her just because she is SO good.
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Beautiful
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