Deep Country
Five Years in the Welsh Hills
$32.07
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
16 April 2012
Summary
Disappear into nature with a latter-day Thoreau.
‘I lived alone in this cottage for five years, summer and winter, with no transport, no phone. This is the story of those five years, where I lived and how I lived. It is the story of what it means to live in a place so remote that you may not see another soul for weeks on end. And it is the story of the hidden places that I came to call my own, and the wild creatures that became my society.’
‘Touching. Through Ansell’s charming…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141049328 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141049324 |
| Author: | Neil Ansell |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 16 April 2012 |
| Weight: | 165g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 15mm |
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Critics Review
“A beautiful, translucent portrayal of mid-Wales.” –Jay Griffiths
“Neil Ansell immerses himself in the rugged British landscape, exploring nature’s unspoilt wilderness and man’s relationship with it. Deep Country is a celebration of rural life and the perfect read for fans of Robert Macfarlane’s Landmarks, Helen Macdonald’s H is for Hawk orJames Rebanks.” –A Shepherd’s Life.
“Touching. Through Ansell’s charming and thoroughly detailed stories of run-ins with red kites, curlews, sparrowhawks, jays and ravens, we see him lose himself … in the rhythms and rituals of life in the British wilderness.” –Financial TimesAbout The Author
Neil Ansell
Neil Ansell spent five years living on a remote hillside in Wales, and wrote his first book, Deep Country, about the experience. Since that time, he has become an award-winning television journalist with the BBC. He has travelled in over fifty countries and has written for the Guardian, the New Statesman and the Big Issue.
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