New Releases by Robert MacFarlane

Robert MacFarlane is the author of Is a River Alive? (2025), The World to Come (2024), Il barbagianni, la volpe e la quercia (2023), A Practical Treatise On Dyeing and Calico-Printing; Including the Latest Inventions and Improvements; Also, A Description of the Origin, Manufacture, Uses, and Chemical Properties of the Various Animal and Mineral Substances Employed in These Arts. With A (2023), Mundo Subterrâneo: Uma Viagem Pelas Profundezas do Tempo (2023).

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Is a River Alive?

release date: May 20, 2025
Is a River Alive?
The renowned nature writer and author of the best-selling author of Underland delivers a revelatory book that transforms how we look at the natural world--and life itself.

The World to Come

release date: Oct 01, 2024
The World to Come
On my way through the wood wound a thread through the dream... Take a lyrical journey through nature with this sumptuous blend of words and pictures that showcase a poet and illustrator at the heights of their craft. Follow a father and son as they walk together through every season - hailing owl and otter, blackbird and silver birch - as together they discover a world to come. Filled with hope, this stunning book by actor and folk singer Johnny Flynn and award-winning author of The Lost Words, Robert Macfarlane, evokes the beauty of nature and showcases a mastery of words. Astonishingly beautiful artwork from Emily Sutton captures the magic of the countryside and makes this picture book an instant classic. - An all-star collaboration created by actor-musician Johnny Flynn, bestselling author Robert Macfarlane and award-winning illustrator Emily Sutton - An instant classic showcasing the beauty of nature - Lyrical text showing a master at work - Stunning illustrations for a picture book filled with hope and wonder

Il barbagianni, la volpe e la quercia

release date: Oct 16, 2023
Il barbagianni, la volpe e la quercia
LASCIA CHE LA NATURA TI PRENDA LO SGUARDO, TI COLMI LA VOCE, T’INVADA IL CUORE Lepri bianche, falene, civette, volpi, ghiandaie ma anche betulle, querce, margherite e molti altri animali e piante comuni o di rara bellezza immortalati in parole e illustrazioni che scorrono tra le pagine e nella mente come (in)canti perduti. La poesia dei testi di Robert Macfarlane e le illustrazioni ad acquerello di Jackie Morris sono musicali e magiche come fiabe lontane, perdute reminiscenze, paesaggi dimenticati. Leggere questo libro ad alta voce è avere di nuovo il mondo naturale a portata di mano e ricordare cosa succede quando gli permettiamo di scivolare lontano da noi. Un balsamo per l’anima che cura come un incantesimo, un piccolo miracolo della natura che nutre cuore e mente e che apre tra le mani di grandi e piccini un prezioso scrigno di incanto e conoscenza.

A Practical Treatise On Dyeing and Calico-Printing; Including the Latest Inventions and Improvements; Also, A Description of the Origin, Manufacture, Uses, and Chemical Properties of the Various Animal and Mineral Substances Employed in These Arts. With A

release date: Jul 18, 2023
A Practical Treatise On Dyeing and Calico-Printing; Including the Latest Inventions and Improvements; Also, A Description of the Origin, Manufacture, Uses, and Chemical Properties of the Various Animal and Mineral Substances Employed in These Arts. With A
A comprehensive guide to the dyeing and printing of textiles, including descriptions of the chemical properties of various animal and mineral substances commonly used in these industries. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Mundo Subterrâneo: Uma Viagem Pelas Profundezas do Tempo

release date: Mar 09, 2023
Mundo Subterrâneo: Uma Viagem Pelas Profundezas do Tempo
Viagem ao mundo subterrâneo da Terra, tal como ele existe no mito, na literatura, na memória e na ciência. Vencedor do Prémio Stanford Dolman para Melhor Livro de Viagens de 2020 Vencedor do National Outdoor Book Award Finalista do Prémio Orwell para Escrita Política 2020 Finalista do Prémio RSL Ondaatje 2020 Um dos Melhores Livros do Século XXI para o Guardian Por mais vasto que seja, o mundo que os nossos olhos veem é unicamente uma pequena parcela de tudo aquilo que existe no planeta. Debaixo de terra, pedras e sedimentos milenares, encontra-se um universo subterrâneo, complexo e revelador, regendo-se por um «tempo profundo» que ultrapassa os limites daquilo que conhecemos como passado. Movendo-se da origem do universo até um futuro pós-humano, Robert Macfarlane conduz-nos neste seu livro numa viagem épica de exploração ao mundo subterrâneo da Terra, tal como ele existe no mito, na literatura, na memória e na ciência. Poético e preciso, narrativo e científico, Mundo Subterrâneo é uma jornada extraordinária pela nossa relação com a escuridão e por tudo o que repousa sob a superfície, tanto do mundo físico, como da mente. Tradução de Eugénia Antunes Os elogios da crítica: «Adorei este livro, feito a partir de viagens aos quatro cantos do mundo, entremeado de nomes de cientistas e escritores.» Carlos Fiolhais, Jornal i «Um livro excelente: destemido e subtil, entusiasmante e estranho.» The New York Times «O maior escritor sobre Natureza desta geração.» Wall Street Journal «Macfarlane mapeia o mundo do invisível e do desconhecido, tornando-se um novo Orfeu, o poeta que se aventurou nas profundidades da escuridão e regressou à vida para cantar aquilo que viu.» New Statesman «Mais ninguém escreve sobre o mundo natural com esta exatidão lírica.» John Banville

From Here to the Horizon

release date: Feb 14, 2023
From Here to the Horizon
Contemporary photographers pay tribute to the life and work of Barry Lopez

De oude wegen

release date: Dec 30, 2022
De oude wegen
In De oude wegen onderzoekt Robert Macfarlane het verband tussen paden, wandelen en de verbeelding. Veel van het denkwerk ervoor verzette hij lopend. Het vertelt het verhaal van ruim duizend mijl wandelen over oude wegen, op zoek naar een route naar het verleden – met als resultaat dat hij telkens weer bij het heden uitkomt. Het is een onderzoek naar de geesten en de stemmen die op oude paden rondwaren, naar de verhalen die ze in zich dragen en vertellen, naar pelgrimages en erfvredebreuk, naar gezongen routes en degenen die ze zingen en naar de vreemde continenten die er binnen landen bestaan. Bovenal is het een boek over de mens en zijn omgeving: over lopen als een verkenning van het innerlijk en over de subtiele manier waarop we zijn gevormd door de landschappen waar we ons doorheen begeven.

The Lost Spells 1000 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle

release date: Jun 01, 2022
The Lost Spells 1000 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle
The Lost Spells is a book authored by Robert Macfarlane and illustrated by Jackie Morris. They are the team that created the best selling The Lost Words published by Penguin Random House. This 1000 piece jigsaw takes as its source, the glossary section of the Lost Spells book along with Macfarlane''s extraordinary ''spells'' relating to each animal that is illustrated. The book was published in N. America by House of Anansi. The jigsaw features illustrations of over 50 different species of bird, animal and flora and fauna. It also identifies each separate item with both their common and their latin names.

Podzemí

release date: Jan 01, 2022
Podzemí
Vydejte se hledat odpovědi na odvěké otázky existence i současné problémy tam, kde se skutečně skrývají: pod povrch. Náš vztah k temnotě rozjasní pohřební komory z doby bronzové, tajemství grónských ledovců, komplikované sítě stromových kořenů i místo, kde bude po 100 000 let skladován jaderný odpad. Během této úžasné cesty do záhadných prostor mýtů, literatury i krajiny se dozvíte překvapivá fakta o všem, co je pohřbené – v hlubinách Země i lidské mysli.

Par les chemins

release date: Jan 01, 2022
Par les chemins
Robert Macfarlane a passé des années à parcourir les routes et à interroger les liens entre les hommes et le paysage. Tout commence un jour de printemps, quand il quitte sa maison de Cambridge pour suivre un ancien chemin de craie. Une aventure de trois ans le mène sur des voies antiques, des routes maritimes, des chemins de pèlerinage, des routes fracturées par la guerre et des sentiers escarpés de haute montagne. Il suit la trace de marcheurs avant lui : poètes, soldats, chasseurs d''oiseaux, philosophes ou bergers. Il parcourt des routes périlleuses, sacrées ou intimistes. Chemin faisant, ce conteur merveilleux observe les paysages et explore leur histoire insoupçonnée pour la faire ressurgir sous ses pas. D''une érudition scientifique et littéraire éblouissante, Par les chemins est une ode jubilatoire à la puissance de la marche, des routes, et de ceux qui les ont empruntées. Ce récit qui a déjà séduit plusieurs centaines de milliers de lecteurs est célébré depuis sa parution comme un chef-d''oeuvre de la littérature de voyage. (4e de couverture)

Le petit livre des sortilèges

release date: Jan 01, 2022

The Wild Cards

release date: Oct 07, 2021
The Wild Cards
From the bestselling, prize-winning authors of beloved cult phenomena The Lost Words and The Lost Spells ''Breathtaking and magical. Jackie Morris has created something that you could spend all day looking at'' New Statesman ''Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris have made a thing of astonishing beauty'' Observer Discover and share the wonders of the wild world as seen in The Lost Words and The Lost Spells... This collection of 100 postcards features artwork and words from two beloved modern classics, in which Jackie Morris and Robert Macfarlane celebrate the creatures, trees and plants of nearby nature, from Acorn to Wren, by way of Curlew and Kingfisher, Silver Birch and Snow Hare, Goldfinch and Gorse. The front of each card bears one of Morris''s Greenaway Medal-winning paintings; on the reverse, you will find an accompanying quotation from one of the spell-poems in the Lost books, as well as an identification of the species shown on the card. The remaining space is left blank for you to fill in these wild cards with pen, pencil or paint - and then send them out into the world to make and renew connections.

Unsettling Landscapes

release date: Sep 09, 2021
Unsettling Landscapes
This book reveals a thread of unsettling takes on the British landscape stretching from paintings, prints and photographs made by Paul Nash in the aftermath of the First World War to contemporary artists exploring themes of memory, belonging, hauntology, dislocation and human impact on nature. In his introductory essay Robert Macfarlane explains that the eerie, involves that form of fear which is felt first as unease then as dread, and it tends to be incited by glimpses and tremors rather than outright attack. Horror specialises in confrontation and aggression; the eerie in intimation and intimidation.? Macfarlane suggests that eerie art has often flourished at times of crisis, as seen in the work of Neo-Romantic artists around the time of the Second World War. The works featured in the exhibition are grouped around four overlapping themes: Ancient Landscapes? features that are inexplicable and mysterious, connecting us to the unknown distant past; Unquiet Nature ? landscapes and natural forms used to unsettling effect, such as trees, lonely expanses of heath and the borderlands where different worlds meet; Absence/Presence, how the inclusion (and absence) of figures and objects can generate feelings of the eerie through mystery, suggestion and isolation; Atmospheric Effect ? the influence of weather, season, light and the time of day on responses to landscape. Exhibition: St Barbe Museum and Art Gallery, New St, Lymington, UK (11.09.2021-08.01.2022).

Refugee Tales Volume 4

release date: Jul 28, 2021
Refugee Tales Volume 4
Seventy years after the 1951 Refugee Convention ''endeavoured to assure refugees the widest possible exercise of these fundamental rights and Freedoms'', the fourth volume of Refugee Tales again shares the tales of people who have sought refuge and welcome, and instead have found themselves detained. As the coronavirus death toll rises across the world, more than ever the detention of migrants and people forced to move is a defining issue of our moment. In these new tales, poets, novelists and writers have collaborated with people who have experienced detention, their stories appearing alongside first-hand accounts of people who themselves have been detained. Here we are told what it means to experience the ongoing reality of the UK''s ''hostile environment'', as well as detention in Canada, Greece, Italy, and the USA. Each new story communicates the human costs of a system which fundamentally breaches human rights, and each story conveys the need for urgent political change.

Ness

release date: Mar 02, 2021
Ness
What happens when the land comes to life?Somewhere on a salt-and-shingle island, inside a concrete-and-iron structure called The Green Chapel, a figure called The Armourer is leading a black mass. He plans to detonate a thermonuclear missile. But something is coming to stop him.Five more-than-human figures - or forms, or forces - are traversing the landscape, moving steadily towards a point where they will converge and become Ness. Ness is the land awakened. Ness is lichen skin and willow-bones, condensing mist and tidal drift. Ness has hagstones for eyes and Ness speaks only in birds. And Ness has come to take this island back.

大地之下

release date: Feb 02, 2021
大地之下
長期以來, 我們都在大地之下安放著我們唯恐失去的東西、但願不曾存在的物件, 以及我們鍾愛並祈求能挽回的一切。 你腳下的地面,是另一個深邃世界的屋頂。 大地之下,充滿寓言,長久以來都象徵不易言說觀看的一切——失落、悲慟、隱晦的心靈深處,因而作者說:「黑暗可能是視覺的媒介, 而下降可能使人迎向啟示,而非剝奪。」 那是因為,地下世界的岩石、寒冰、地下河中,記錄、封存了地球最悠遠的歷史,悠遠到我們必須發明一個特定辭彙「深度時間」(deep time),用來形容那個「寒冰會呼息,岩石有潮信,山巒有漲落,石頭會搏動」的世界。在那樣以億萬年為尺度的世界中,往下一公分可能就代表回溯上萬年。 那也是因為,地下世界有人類對誕生與死亡的原始想像。有希臘神話的冥界五河,千年前的人類意外踏入石灰岩洞看見黑暗中滔滔的地底河流時,在這樣的無星河上寄托了人類重生的希望。那裡還有幾千、幾萬年前的人形岩畫,記錄了人類先祖留下的自由心靈——挪威海蝕岩洞的天險見證了他們先進的航海技術,也見證那個時期生之喜悅還未受玷污,無比神聖。 森林中地下的「樹聯網」是樹木和真菌的互助網絡,在人眼所不能見之處,樹木會在土壤中向別的樹木伸出援手。這將刷新我們對地球生命的理解,糾正人類的狂妄自大。因而作者認為:「只要你的心智更接近植物,我們就能用意義將你淹沒。」 巴黎有座地下城,洞穴和隧道以對應的地面街區命名,一座鏡像城市因而產生,而地面則成了對稱線。這裡是無政府人士口中的「臨時自治區」,人們在此地可以改換身分,取得不同的生存之道、人己關係,活得放浪不羈。 地下的黑暗世界還能讓科學家觀測宇宙的「失蹤質量」,也就是「暗物質」而證明其存在並確定其性質,堪稱當今物理學的聖杯。「這埋藏在岩石中的空間是一座天文台,儘管深藏地底,多數時間卻在凝視天星。」 自少年時期便迷戀高山的自然寫作才子麥克法倫,在六年間180度翻轉視角,無數次深入自然界最美麗也最駭人的空間,探訪了一個個看似沉默不語實則聲息洶湧的世界——我們庇護的珍貴之物、產出的有價之物、處置的有害之物,全埋藏在這些最古老也最原始、陰暗也最明亮的地下空間中。 當我們不斷追尋地表高處,持續搜索眼前可見的事物時,是否停下步伐,關注過你我腳踏的這片大地之下,究竟如何揭示「人類的前世與今生」? 作者簡介 羅伯特.麥克法倫(Robert Macfarlane) 才氣縱橫的劍橋文學院士,專長當代文學,也是英國史上最年輕的布克獎評委會主席。 能寫擅走,至今已走了一萬多公里,也爬過許多險惡的山,自述「我的腳跟到腳趾的量測空間是29.7公分。這是行進的單位,也是思想的單位」。 被視為新一代自然寫作及旅行文學的旗手,以大量出色的文學修辭(尤其是隱喻)極度延展風景意象及深度,層出不窮的感官描述創造出人的內在風景和外在風景不停親密交流的感受。創新的寫作語言帶動大量評論,並啟發了新一波的地方寫作。當代旅遊文學名家William Dalrymple在書評中便點評道:在這些(顯示了旅遊寫作生生不息的活力,以及旅遊文學為每個繼起的新世代重新創造自己的能力)的所有新作家中,有一個人特別展示了文筆出眾的旅行書仍然可以美得如此渾然無瑕。那個作家就是羅伯特.麥克法倫。 創作領域包括文學、旅行與自然,也熟悉地形學及生態學,同時還能主持紀錄片。 書籍凡出版幾乎必得獎,首部作品《心向群山》贏得《衛報》第一書獎、《週日泰晤士報》年度青年作家獎和Somerset Maugham Award。第三部作品The Wild Places同時獲得英國最重要的登山文學獎Boardman Tasker Prize和美國指標性的Banff Mountain Festival大獎,並改編為BBC節目。《故道》一書獲Dolman Prize for Travel Writing。《大地之下》獲得英國Wainwright自然寫作獎、Edward Stanford旅行寫作獎、美國國家戶外圖書自然史文學獎,也是麥克法倫自認為的巔峰作品。 譯者簡介 Nakao Eki Pacidal 太巴塱部落阿美族人。荷蘭萊頓大學歷史學博士研究。譯有《地球寫了四十億年的日記》、《公司男女》、《西班牙人的台灣體驗》、《故道:以足為度的旅程》等書。

Die verlorenen Zaubersprüche

release date: Jan 01, 2021

Ghostways: Two Journeys in Unquiet Places

release date: Nov 24, 2020
Ghostways: Two Journeys in Unquiet Places
A hauntingly beautiful diptych of works inspired by Robert Macfarlane’s travels with celebrated collaborators to two eerie corners of England. In Holloway, "a perfect miniature prose-poem" (William Dalrymple), Macfarlane, artist Stanley Donwood, and writer Dan Richards travel to Dorset, near the south coast of England, to explore a famed "hollowed way"—a path used by walkers and riders for so many centuries that it has become worn far down into the soft golden bedrock of the region. In Ness, "a triumphant libretto of mythic modernism for our poisoned age" (Max Porter), Macfarlane and Donwood create a modern myth about Orford Ness, the ten-mile-long shingle spit that lies off the coast of East Anglia, which the British government used for decades to conduct secret weapons tests.

Les mots perdus

release date: Sep 30, 2020

The Lost Spells

release date: Sep 29, 2020
The Lost Spells
Dazzlingly beautiful and wonderfully inventive, discover the magical new book from the creators of bestselling, critically acclaimed literary phenomenon, The Lost Words... Kindred in spirit to The Lost Words but fresh in its form, The Lost Spells is a pocket-sized treasure that introduces a beautiful new set of natural spell-poems and artwork by beloved creative duo Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris. As in The Lost Words, these "spells" take their subjects from relatively commonplace, and yet underappreciated, animals, birds, trees and flowers -- from Barn Owl to Red Fox, Grey Seal to Silver Birch, Jay to Jackdaw. But they break out of the triptych format of The Lost Words, finding new shapes, new spaces and new voices with which to conjure. Written to be read aloud, painted in brushstrokes that call to the forest, field, riverbank and also to the heart, The Lost Spells summons back what is often lost from sight and care, and inspires protection and action on behalf of the natural world. Above all, it celebrates a sense of wonder, bearing witness to nature''s power to amaze, console and bring joy. Praise for The Lost Words: ''Gorgeous to look at and to read. Give it to a child to bring back the magic of language'' Jeanette Winterson, Guardian ''Breathtaking, magical... Jackie Morris has created something that you could spend all day looking at'' New Statesman ''Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris have made a thing of astonishing beauty'' Observer

Υπογαία: Ένα ταξίδι στα βάθη της Γης και του χρόνου

release date: Mar 19, 2020
Υπογαία: Ένα ταξίδι στα βάθη της Γης και του χρόνου
Ο Macfarlane μάς παρασύρει σε ένα ξεχωριστό ταξίδι στη σχέση μας με το σκοτάδι, την ταφή, και όσα κείτονται κάτω από την επιφάνεια τόσο του τόπου, όσο και του νου. Ταξιδεύοντας στον «βαθύ χρόνο» -τις ιλιγγιώδεις εκτάσεις του γεωλογικού χρόνου που απλώνονται πέρα από το παρόν- κινείται από τη γέννηση του σύμπαντος ως ένα μετα-ανθρώπινο μέλλον, από την προϊστορική τέχνη στα θαλάσσια σπήλαια της Νορβηγίας στα γαλάζια βάθη του παγοκαλύμματος της Γροιλανδίας, από τους ταφικούς θαλάμους της εποχής του Χαλκού στις λαβυρινθώδεις κατακόμβες κάτω από το Παρίσι και από τα υπόγεια μυκητιακά δίκτυα μέσω των οποίων επικοινωνούν τα δέντρα σε μια βαθιά χωμένη «κρυψώνα» όπου θα φυλάσσονται πυρηνικά απόβλητα για τα επόμενα 100.000 χρόνια. Συνυφασμένες με αυτό το ταξίδι στους ίσκιους είναι οι αξέχαστες καταβάσεις στον κάτω κόσμο από εξερευνητές, καλλιτέχνες, σπηλαιοδίφες, πενθούντες, ονειρευτές και δολοφόνους ανά την Ιστορία, που όλοι τους για διαφορετικούς λόγους οδηγήθηκαν στην αναζήτηση αυτού που ο Κόρμακ ΜακΚάρθι αποκαλεί «τη φρικτή σκοτεινιά εντός του κόσμου». ΕΓΡΑΨΑΝ ΓΙΑ ΤΟ ΒΙΒΛΙΟ Το Υπογαία απευθύνεται στη σολασταλγία της εποχής μας – την υπαρξιακή δυσφορία που προκαλείται από όσα κάνουμε στον πλανήτη μας. Είναι ένα υπόγειο καταφύγιο από τους τρόμους των αλλαγών του φυσικού κόσμου που μας περιβάλλει; Ναι. Ταυτόχρονα, όμως, αντιμετωπίζει αυτούς τους τρόμους κατά μέτωπο. Και μπορεί να είναι απόλυτα ευχάριστο. National Geographic Ένα εξαιρετικό βιβλίο – ατρόμητο και έξυπνο, γεμάτο κατανόηση και παράξενο. Είναι καρπός πραγματικής προσήλωσης και δεξιοτεχνίας. New York Times Περιπέτειες, όμορφη πρόζα και έντονοι προβληματισμοί… ένα βιβλίο που προσφέρει μια νέα οπτική στον αντίκτυπο της ανθρώπινης δραστηριότητας στον πλανήτη μας… Με το Υπογαία [ο Μακφάρλαν] έχει γράψει ένα από τα πιο φιλόδοξα αφηγηματικά δοκίμια της εποχής μας, ένα νέο Road to Oxiana για το λυκόφως της Ανθρωπόκαινου. Guardian

Las montañas de la mente

release date: Feb 20, 2020
Las montañas de la mente
Robert Macfarlane nos invita a subir la mirada hacia las montañas, en este apasionante viaje cultural por la historia de nuestra fascinación por ellas. Galardonado con The Guardian First Book Award y libro del año según The New York Times. «Hay muchos libros sobre montañismo y montañeros, pero este es uno de los mejores y menos convencionales que he leído.» The Times ¿Cómo y cuándo las montañas pasaron de ser barreras peligrosas e infranqueables, habitadas por bestias y dragones, a suscitar los anhelos más aventureros de quienes se atreven a conquistarlas, incluso poniendo en riesgo sus vidas? Las montañas de la mente es un apasionante viaje cultural a través de la historia de nuestra fascinación por estas moles de piedra y hielo. Robert Macfarlane nos brinda interesantes referencias literarias e históricas que acompaña con las evocadoras descripciones de sus propios ascensos, investiga los descubrimientos geológicos y los fenómenos naturales que atrajeron a los primeros exploradores, e intenta comprender el irrefrenable deseo por lo desconocido, el poder de las alturas y las cimas a través de las ideas de aquellos personajes que, a lo largo de las décadas, contribuyeron a forjar el actual imaginario colectivo. Este libro, que es ya un clásico para los amantes de la montaña y la naturaleza, no trata, en palabras del autor, «de nombres, fechas, picos y alturas, como los libros al uso sobre la montaña, sino de sensaciones, emociones e ideas. En realidad, no es un libro sobre montañismo sino un libro sobre la imaginación». La crítica ha dicho... «Maravillosamente iluminador [...] Una estimulante combinación de aventura y academia, que demuestra una erudición deslumbrante del autor, sus agudos poderes de análisis, un pulido sentido de la historia cultural y una demostración apasionada de la dedicación con la que trata el tema.» Los Angeles Times «Fascinante, con una premisa inteligente.» The New York Times Book Review «Los montañeros de antaño se quedaron sin palabras para describir el esplendor de las montañas, pero Robert Macfarlane las encuentra.» The Times Literary Supplement «De todos los libros que se publicaron para conmemorar el 50 aniversario del ascenso al Monte Everest, Las montañas de la mente , de Robert Macfarlane, destaca por ser el libro más inteligente e interesante de lejos... con un estilo que demuestra que puede ser poético y osado a la vez.» The Economist «Un trabajo fascinante de historia y, a la vez, una meditación bellamente escrita sobre cómo la memoria, la imaginación y el paisaje de las montañas se unen en nuestras mentes y bajo nuestros pies.» Forbes «Una nueva manera de escribir sobre la exploración, supone quizá elnacimiento de un nuevo género, que no solo desafía la clasificación, si no que demanda toda una nueva categoría en sí misma.» The Telegraph

Bajotierra

release date: Feb 20, 2020
Bajotierra
Robert Macfarlane nos invita a bajar la mirada hacia las profundidades de la tierra: un descenso hacia la historia, la cultura y las memorias del subsuelo. «Elgran escritor y poeta de la naturaleza de esta generación.» The Wall Street Journal ¿Por qué descender? ¿Qué sabemos de los mundos que yacen bajo nuestros pies? ¿Qué nos pueden enseñar de nosotros mismos? Bajotierra es una exploración épica del mundo subterráneo a travésde los viajes del autor a variopintos paisajes del subsuelo y de la mitología, la literatura y la memoria que los acompañan. En este extraordinario periplo por nuestra relación con la oscuridad, el enterramiento, el pasado y el futuro de nuestro planeta, nos trasladamos de los orígenes del universo a una Tierra poshumana, pasando por las cámaras funerarias de la Edad de Bronce, las catacumbas de París, la macroinfraestructura para almacenar desechos nucleares en las profundidades de Finlandia, el deshielo de los glaciaresde Groenlandia, los ríos que desaparecen bajo tierra, las cuevas bajo el hielo ártico y la red fúngica por la que se comunican los árboles. En su habitual afán por encontrar los vínculos entre el paisaje y el corazón humano y gracias a una prosa lírica y llena de fuerza, el autor expone e ilumina esta parte oculta y, apelando a nuestro tiempo, nos invita a ver el mundo desde una nueva perspectiva que indaga sobre el origen y la pérdida pero también en la esperanza y el miedo por el futuro de nuestra existencia. La crítica ha dicho... «Un libro excelente: valiente y sutil, empático y extraño.» Dwight Garner, The New York Times «Una magistral y cautivadora exploración del mundo bajo nuestros pies [...]. Es como si, en lo profundo de la roca ancestral, Macfarlane estuviera ganando perspectiva no solo sobre el tiempo y sobrela naturaleza, sino también sobre su propia carrera literaria [...]. Un libro extraordinario, culto y ameno a la vez, emocionante y bellamente escrito.» Alex Preston, The Guardian «Maravilloso [...]. Con una curiosidad inacabable, generosidad de espíritu, erudición, valentía y claridad [...]. Un libro que vale la pena leer.» The Times «La estrella más visible del firmamento nature writing, desde que publicara Las montañas de la mente. Maestro en fundir historias de personas y territorio con vocabulario espléndido. En Bajotierra, entre la épica y lo cotidiano, alterna el viaje personal con leyendas y mitos para explorar el subsuelo desde los orígenes del universo hasta las Catacumbas de París, la red fúngica que comunica a los árboles.» Gabi Martínez, La Vanguardia. « Bajotierra confirma a Macfarlane como un referente de las letras británicas en el género de la literatura verde. Su libro sobre la fascinación por las montañas le valió ser galardonado con el Guardian First Book Award. En 2017 ganó el Premio E.M. Forster de Literatura y actualmente se dedica a la enseñanza en el Emmanuel College de Cambridge. The Wall Street Journal le consideró «el gran escritor y poeta de la naturaleza de esta generación». Raül Conde, El Mundo « [...] Siempre bien acompañado (Rilke, Borges, Wells, Calvino, David Bowie...) y por una militante preocupación ecologista que nunca cae en la obviedad. Protesta, sí. Pero lo hace con la más elegante y, finalmente, didáctica y convincente de las pasiones.» Rodrigo Fresán, ABC cultural

Montagne della mente

release date: Jan 28, 2020
Montagne della mente
«Le montagne erano come briciole sopra una tovaglia increspata. Gli scalatori le hanno rese gigantesche. Le montagne sono opera loro. Macfarlane racconta questa storia capovolta». Erri De Luca

Montagne della mente. Storia di una passione

release date: Jan 01, 2020

The Lost Words Magpie Puzzle

release date: Jan 01, 2020

Im Unterland

release date: Aug 19, 2019
Im Unterland
Ausgezeichnet mit dem NDR Kultur Sachbuchpreis In einer großartigen Entdeckungsreise nimmt uns der vielfach ausgezeichnete britische Autor Robert Macfarlane mit in die dunkle, überraschende Welt unter der Erde. Er führt uns in Höhlenlandschaften in England und Slowenien, zu einem unterirdischen Fluss in Italien, in den Untergrund von Paris, die schwindende Gletscherwelt Grönlands und, zuletzt, in einen Stollen für Atomabfälle, der die nächsten 100.000 Jahre überdauern soll. Sein Buch ist viel mehr als eine fantastische Natur- und Landschaftsgeschichte: Eindringlich schildert er das Wechselspiel zwischen Mensch, Natur und Landschaft – nicht zuletzt als Mahnung, was wir durch unsere Eingriffe zu verlieren drohen.

The Lost Words: Spell Songs

release date: Jul 11, 2019

Underland: A Deep Time Journey

release date: Jun 04, 2019
Underland: A Deep Time Journey
National Bestseller • New York Times "100 Notable Books of the Year" • NPR "Favorite Books of 2019" • Guardian "100 Best Books of the 21st Century" • Winner of the National Outdoor Book Award "Mesmerizing…Underland is a portal of light in dark times." —Terry Tempest Williams, New York Times Book Review In Underland, Robert Macfarlane delivers an epic exploration of the Earth’s underworlds as they exist in myth, literature, memory, and the land itself. Traveling through the dizzying expanse of geologic time—from prehistoric art in Norwegian sea caves, to the blue depths of the Greenland ice cap, to a deep-sunk "hiding place" where nuclear waste will be stored for 100,000 years to come—Underland takes us on an extraordinary journey into our relationship with darkness, burial, and what lies beneath the surface of both place and mind. Global in its geography and written with great lyricism, Underland speaks powerfully to our present moment. At once ancient and urgent, this is a book that will change the way you see the world.
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