James Rebanks
English Pastoral


BoklivArtikelnr: 9780141982571

Historisk biografi om jordbruk och landskap. Utgiven 2021 av Penguin. Pocketutgåva i gott skick.

  • Berättar om en familjegård och dess historia.

  • Diskuterar rural landskap och bevarande av traditioner.

  • Utgiven som pocket av Penguin.

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Bindning: Pocket

Bokförlag: Penguin

Omfång: 320
Språk: Engelska
Utgivningsdatum: 2021-09-02

Förlagets information

As a boy, James Rebanks's grandfather taught him to work the land the old way. Their family farm in the Lake District hills was part of an ancient agricultural landscape: a patchwork of crops and meadows, of pastures grazed with livestock, and hedgerows teeming with wildlife. And yet, by the time James inherited the farm, it was barely recognisable. The men and women had vanished from the fields; the old stone barns had crumbled; the skies had emptied of birds and their wind-blown song. English Pastoral is the story of an inheritance: one that affects us all. It tells of how rural landscapes around the world were brought close to collapse, and the age-old rhythms of work, weather, community and wild things were lost. And yet this elegy from the northern fells is also a song of hope: of how, guided by the past, one farmer began to salvage a tiny corner of England that was now his, doing his best to restore the life that had vanished and to leave a legacy for the future. This is a book about what it means to have love and pride in a place, and how, against all the odds, it may still be possible to build a new pastoral: not a utopia, but somewhere decent for us all.

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