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Old Ways: A Journey on Foot

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Old Ways: A Journey on Foot

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ISBN: 9780141030586
Title: Old Ways: A Journey on Foot
Author: MACFARLANE ROBERT

Following the tracks, holloways, drove-roads and sea paths that form part of a vast ancient network of routes criss-crossing the British Isles and beyond, Robert Macfarlane discovers a lost world - a landscape of the feet and the mind, of pilgrimage and ritual, of stories and ghosts; above all of the places and journeys which inspire and inhabit our imaginations.'Macfarlane has shown how utterly beautiful a brilliantly written travel book can still be. As perfect as his now classic The Wild Places. Maybe it is even better than that.'& William Dalrymple, Observer'A lovely book, a poetic investigation into what it is to follow a path, on land and at sea, in the footsteps of both our ancient predecessors and such writers as Edward Thomas: Macfarlane is reviving an entire body of nature writing here'& David Sexton, Evening Standard'Beautifully written, moving, thrilling. It reminded me of how much stranger and richer the world is . . . at walking speed.'& Philip Pullman, Guardian'A magnificent meditation on walking and writing. An astonishingly haunted book.'& Adam Nicolson, Daily Telegraph'The Old Ways sets the imagination tingling . . . it is like reading a prose Odyssey sprinkled with imagist poems.'& John Carey, Sunday Times

Format: Paperback
Price: $30.00

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Weight 417 g
Dimensions 197 × 127 × 32 mm