Paperback
Living in the Sound of the Wind
A Personal Quest for W.H. Hudson, Naturalist and Writer from the River Plate
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
26 July 2016
Summary
W. H. Hudson was brought up on the pampas, where he learnt from gauchos about frontier life. After moving to London in 1874, Hudson lived in extreme poverty. Like his friend Joseph Conrad, Hudson was an exile, adapting to England. He never returned to Argentina.
Wilson unravels Hudson’s English dream, his natural history rambles, and his work to protect birds. He remains both a complex witness to his homeland before mass immigration and to his England of the mind, before the urba…Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781472122056 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1472122054 |
| Author: | Jason Wilson |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Constable |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 26 July 2016 |
| Weight: | 312g |
| Dimensions: | 130mm x 201mm x 27mm |
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About The Author
Jason Wilson
Jason Wilson, Emeritus Professor at University College London, has written books on Octavio Paz, Jorge Luis Borges, Pablo Neruda, Alexander von Humboldt and travel companions on Latin America, the Andes and Buenos Aires. He spends his time between London and Buenos Aires.
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