Another beautiful, revelatory country diary from one of the best nature writers in Britain.
Mark Cocker is an author and naturalist whose thirteen books include works of biography, history, literary criticism and memoir. His book Crow Country was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize in 2008 and won the New Angle Prize for Literature in 2009. With the photographer David Tipling he published Birds and People in 2013, a massive survey described by the Times Literary Supplement as 'a major literary event as well as an ornithological one.' Our Place- Can We Save Britain's Wildlife Before It Is Too Late? was described by the Sunday Times as 'impassioned, expert and always beautifully written ... a sobering and magnificent work.' His most recent book, A Claxton Diary, won the East Anglian Book of the Year Award in 2019.
A spellbinding nature diary that’s up there with the greatest…
[Cocker] regularly follows up a beady description with a wild,
glorious overview, followed by an astonishing fact or two… Hurrah
for Mark Cocker! *****
*Mail on Sunday*
Being a naturalist, Cocker’s great strength is in the breadth of
his senses: his essays seem to cover almost everything he has seen,
heard or smelled in the land around his home. He writes clearly,
and with a style that has a ring of poetry about it without being
pretentious or precious… Spending time with his acutely observant
essays will convince many readers that the Great Barrier Reef and
vast jungles of Africa can be understood best only by first
understanding the startling drama, diversity and complicated
natural dynamics of a humble corner of Britain.
*Spectator*
If you’ve never read Mark Cocker, then you must. His style is
sharp, selfless, and wonderfully evocative, his knowledge deep and
wide-ranging but lightly borne, his curiosity joyful and
infectious.
*Mail on Sunday, *Books of the Year**
If you can’t get out to enjoy the spring weather, immerse yourself
in the natural world with Mark Cocker… his writing transports you
there.
*Mail on Sunday*
If you already know Mark Cocker’s work, you’ll need no persuading
to buy this – if you don’t, treat yourself to a very fine
collection of nature essays.
*Bird Watching, *Book of the Month**
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