MacDonald, Helen
Vesper Flights
- ISBN 13:
- 9780802128812
- author:
- MacDonald, Helen
- format:
- Hardback
- publisher:
- Black Cat
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2020
- Pages:
- 288
- Dimensions:
- 21 x 14 centimetres (0.39 kg)
- Genre:
- Fiction & Literature, Literary Collections, Essays,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 7 working days
Description
Helen Macdonald's Vesper Flights is a deeply personal and thought-provoking collection of essays that explore our relationship with the natural world. Through her observations of animals, landscapes, and the passage of time, she invites us to reflect on our place within the world.
From the comfort of the Empire State Building to the forests of Suffolk, Macdonald shares her intimate experiences with the creatures and environments that have captivated her imagination. With characteristic clarity and heart, she writes about wild boar, swifts, mushroom hunting, migraines, and the beauty of birds' nests.
This collection is a meditation on captivity and freedom, immigration and flight, and the ways in which we make sense of our world. It is a book that will appeal to anyone who has ever felt a deep connection with nature and wondered about their place within it.