The Living Mountain

'The finest book ever written on nature and landscape in Britain' Guardian

In this masterpiece of nature writing, 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 thirty years before it was finally published.

Author: Nan Shepherd
No of Pages: 176
Page Size: 130 x 200 mm
ISBN 10: 1786897350
ISBN 13: 9781786897350
Publisher: Canongate
Published Date: August 2019
Edition: 2019 gift edition
Binding: Hardback
Weight: 300g