A beautifully written, witty and inspirational account of a man (and his dog) living for a year on only what can be hunted, fished or foraged.
John Lewis-Stempel is a farmer and 'Britain's finest living nature writer' (The Times). His books include the Sunday Times bestsellers Woodston, The Running Hare and The Wood. He is the only person to have won the Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing twice, with Meadowland and Where Poppies Blow. In 2016 he was named Magazine Columnist of the Year for his column in Country Life. He farms cattle, sheep, pigs and poultry. Traditionally.
This is a great book: tough and funny, metaphysical and earthy,
passionate and honest. Most of all, honest: not just in the sense
of 'candid', but honest also in that it reveals the sheer bloody
awkwardness, and the sheer awkward bloodiness, of trying to live
even semi-wild these days. What might seem like a gimmick turns out
to be a way of discovering a great deal about that complicated
thing we call 'land'. There's also some beautiful writing about
place
*Robert Macfarlane, author of the international bestseller, The
Wild Places*
Beautifully written. The closest thing you can get to poetry in
prose
*Hay on Wye Literary Festival*
A fascinating account of each month as [John Lewis Stempel] tracks,
kills and gathers what he needs to stay alive... But this is more
than just a rundown of all the perfectly edible stuff out there
that we tend to overlook in our everyday, supermarket-dominated
lives. The Wild Life is also a meditation on survival and our
connection to the land... A timely and compelling book
*Sunday Telegraph*
Tough, honest, funny, poetic and informative, this is an initiatory
and spiritual journey. A life lesson for us all
*Ecologist*
A large slice of nostalgia served up in an amusing and informative
narrative
*Manchester Evening News*
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