Claxton : field notes from a small planet
Cocker, Mark, 1959-2015
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Total copies: 1
In a single twelve-month cycle of daily writings Mark Cocker explores his relationship to the East Anglian landscape, to nature and to all the living things around him. The separate entries are characterised by close observation, depth of experience, and a profound awareness of seasonal change, both within in each distinct year and, more alarmingly, over the longer period, as a result of the changing climate. The writing is concise, magical, inspiring. Cocker describes all the wildlife in the village - not just birds, but plants, trees, mammals, hoverflies, moths, butterflies, bush crickets, grasshoppers, ants and bumblebees. The book explores how these other species are as essential to our sense of genuine well-being and to our feelings of rootedness as any other kind of fellowship.
Main title:
Claxton : field notes from a small planet / Mark Cocker ; illustrated by Jonathan Gibbs.
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Imprint:
London : Vintage, 2015.
Collation:
238 pages ; 20 cm.
ISBN:
9780099593478 (pbk)0099593475 (pbk)
Dewey class:
304.2709 COC304.2709
LC class:
QH138
Language:
English
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BRN:
311205