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
About this listen
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.
©2019 Nan Shepherd (P)2019 Canongate Books LtdCritic 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)
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- Eleanor
- 05-10-2023
Wonderful! To be lived again and again to learn and savour the romance and joy of nature in order to know our own selves better.
Wonderful in the most literal sense. To be lived again and again in order to learn the magic of nature and its ability to lead us to better knowledge of ourselves and life itself.
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- Melinda
- 13-06-2022
Sublime
A true ecologist and poet. A classic. One of the most exquisite books I’ve ever encountered.
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- Stephen
- 11-04-2020
Sublime
Probably the best audio book I have listened to. Tilda Swinton has the perfect voice to narrate this natural history of the Cairngorms. It is both hauntingly feminine and perfectly modulated.
Nan Shepherd is new to me but I immediately identified the genuine within this book, very much as when I first discovered Muir in the Sierra Nevada.
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- Anonymous User
- 07-09-2019
Thoghtful
I loved the mountains she loved, although I have never been there, and may never visit.
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- Josh Rigg
- 16-08-2022
an essential
An amazing essential book With a lot of spirit. Ecologist's dream bookSo relevant today and undoubtedly will Be for years to come
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