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The Savage Landscape
'When I read Flyn's writing I would often exhale with a sense of wonder' GUARDIAN 'Fascinating and masterfully written'ALICE WINN A lyrical exploration of the world's most forbiddingly remote places, the supposedly uninhabited wildernesses of the world - and the humans who have always been there, by award-winning and critically acclaimed writer Cal Flyn. The Savage Landscape takes us into the wild - deep into dark forests, to the top of mountains and into the heart of deserts. It addresses our deep yearnings to be awed and inspired by landscapes that remain beyond our reach and examines what nature gets up to in the absence of humans. It is a book full of ideas, beauty and adventure, and one that asks provocative questions about the nature of wilderness and how wild places might be appreciated or preserved. As with her earlier book Islands of Abandonment, Flyn focuses each chapter on eleven locations chosen for their physical beauty, their perceived isolation and the moral or emotional complexity of the human stories that can be found there. In her search for wilderness, we meet ascetics in search of theophany in the desert; lonely shepherds seeing off wolves under the stars; missionaries preaching from shacks deep in the jungle; wise lamas meditating under lofty mountain peaks; hunters in the African bush; volcanophiles creeping dangerously close to molten lava; and ocean vessels plunging through the immense waters of the Southern Ocean to Antarctica. The Savage Landscape will change any reader's understanding of our place in the world, and how we relate to the other residents of this planet - human and animal. It is a profound and beautiful book about spirituality, environmentalism and the sublime by one of the most gifted writers at work today. 'A book that takes you into the wild and ignites the imagination. Compelling and thought provoking, Flyn's journey into the heart of the matter challenges us to rethink the relationship between human culture and nature'SUE STUART SMITH 'The Savage Landscapeenthralled me-leading me spellbound through our encounters with and imaginings of wilderness and its many faces. In Flyn's hands, a deeply researched history is given vibrant, propulsive life'JESSICA J LEE
€ 25,00 -
The Savage Landscape
How We Made the Wilderness€ 38,50 -
The Savage Landscape
How We Made the Wilderness'When I read Flyn’s writing I would often exhale with a sense of wonder' GUARDIAN 'Fascinating and masterfully written' ALICE WINN
€ 27,50 -
The Savage Landscape
How We Made the Wilderness'When I read Flyn’s writing I would often exhale with a sense of wonder' GUARDIAN 'Fascinating and masterfully written' ALICE WINN
€ 23,50 -
Isole dell'abbandono. Vita nel paesaggio post-umano
Dove l'umanità scompare, la natura prospera. Una piccola speranza si nasconde nei luoghi più devastati del pianeta, e ha la forma di un germoglio verde nato sul cemento, dell'inaspettato ronzio di un insetto, del colpo di coda di un pesce che si inabissa in un lago velenoso. Dalla Chernobyl post-nucleare alle più remote isole scozzesi, passando per gli avamposti industriali di Detroit e le sue case abbandonate, le montagne della Tanzania e i grandi fiumi inquinati degli Stati Uniti, fino alla martoriata Verdun e alle regioni minerarie della Scozia, Cal Flyn traccia la sua personale topografia delle isole dell'abbandono. Nella devastazione che il progresso umano e tecnologico lascia dietro di sé la vita riprende a poco a poco il suo dominio sulle cose, mostrandoci da un lato la transitorietà dell'impatto dell'uomo sulla Terra e dall'altro la speranza di una natura che torni in possesso di ciò che le è stato tolto. Reportage brillante sul futuro che ci aspetta, e racconto di un nitore cristallino dei luoghi più remoti del pianeta, Isole dell'abbandono è lo straordinario resoconto degli errori dell'umanità, dell'indistruttibilità della vita e del nostro rapporto con l'ambiente che ci ospita. Das Urheberrecht an bibliographischen und produktbeschreibenden Daten und an den bereitgestellten Bildern liegt bei Informazioni Editoriali, I.E. S.r.l., oder beim Herausgeber oder demjenigen, der die Genehmigung erteilt hat. Alle Rechte vorbehalten.
€ 33,50 -
Island Dreams
Mapping an ObsessionAn exploration of isolation and connectedness based on thirty years of travel, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Adventures in Human Being and Empire Antarctica
€ 14,95 -
Verlassene Orte
Die mehrfach ausgezeichnete schottische Essayistin Cal Flyn erkundet in diesem außergewöhnlichen Buch Orte, an denen keine Menschen mehr leben - oder nur noch wenige ihr Dasein fristen. Es sind Sperrgebiete oder Geisterstädte, Festungsinseln und Niemandsländer, unwegsames Terrain, auf das sich Flyn wagt, als sie verwaiste und verwüstete Orte besuchte, um zu verstehen, was passiert, wenn man der Natur erlaubt, sich ihren Platz zurückzuerobern. Auf einer unbewohnten schottischen Insel begegnet sie einer Herde verwilderter Rinder, in Tschernobyl einer Handvoll Menschen, die nach der Nuklearkatastrophe in ihre kontaminierten Häuser zurückkehrten, und in Detroit, der einst viertgrößten Stadt der USA, trifft sie auf ganze Straßenzüge, die so verfallen sind, dass Tiere und Pflanzen sie übernommen haben. Egal wie trostlos, unheimlich, verwüstet und verseucht die Orte sind, die Flyn erkundet, überall erkennt sie allen Widrigkeiten zum Trotz Anzeichen von ökologischer Resilienz und Regeneration, kurzum: von Leben. Sie entdeckt Pflanzen, die auf kontaminierten Böden gedeihen, Fische, die gegen bestimmte Gifte unempfindlich geworden sind oder einen künstlichen See, der zur belebten Wüste versandet. Ihr Buch ist ein genau recherchiertes und mit literarischem wie psychologischem Einfühlungsvermögen geschriebenes Plädoyer für eine radikale Überprüfung dessen, was wir unter >Natur< verstehen. Nicht zuletzt bietet es vielfältige, auch verstörende Antworten auf die dringliche Frage, wie der Schaden, den wir an der Natur verursacht haben, noch behoben werden kann.
€ 34,00 -
Islands of Abandonment
Nature Rebounding in the Post-Human Landscape€ 20,95 -
Islands of Abandonment
Life in the Post-Human LandscapeTHE SUNDAY TIMES’ BESTSELLER AND SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT BOOK OF THE YEAR WINNER OF THE SUNDAY TIMES YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT CONSERVATION AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH ACADEMY BOOK PRIZE
€ 14,95 -
Verlaten oorden
de natuur na de mensIn ‘Verlaten oorden’ onderzoekt Cal Flyn hoe onze planeet eruit zal zien als zij niet meer door mensen is bewoond. In dit even beklemmende als schitterende boek reist ze naar door de mens verlaten plekken: overwoekerde gebouwen en kermisattracties bij Tsjernobyl, verlaten mijngebieden, in de steek gelaten eilanden bij Schotland, spookwijken van Detroit. Allemaal plaatsen die indringend laten zien hoe de wereld eruit ziet als de mens er verdwenen is. Elk hoofdstuk begint met een beschrijving van de plek, de vervallen architectuur, de natuur, de geschiedenis: een ontplofte kerncentrale, oorlog, vervuiling, economisch verval. Flyn confronteert ons met onze, vaak vernietigende aanwezigheid. Toch is ‘Verlaten oorden’ geen somber boek. Integendeel. In beeldende taal tovert Cal Flyn haar lezers de ongelooflijke herstelkracht van de natuur voor ogen en laat ze zien hoe de biodiversiteit floreert als de mens zijn biezen heeft gepakt. ‘Verlaten oorden’ is een confronterend boek, maar biedt bovenal een magnifiek verteld verhaal van troost en hoop voor mens, plant en dier.
€ 24,99 -
Island Dreams
Mapping an ObsessionAn exploration of isolation and connectedness based on thirty years of travel, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Adventures in Human Being and Empire Antarctica
€ 27,50 -
Thicker Than Water
History, Secrets and Guilt: a MemoirCal Flyn was very proud when she discovered that her ancestor, Angus McMillan, had been a pioneer of colonial Australia. However, when she dug deeper, she began to question her pride. McMillan had not only cut tracks through the bush, but played a dark role in Australia's bloody history.
€ 14,95