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In the Cairngorms

ISBN-13: 9781903385357

Contributor(s): Nan Shepherd (author), Robert Macfarlane (introduction by)

Subjects: Poetry by Individual Poets

Publisher: Galileo Publishing

Publisher Imprint: Galileo E Book Account

Publication Date: 16-04-2015

Format: Mobipocket

Availability: In stock

£4.99

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About the book

First published in 1934, In The Cairngorms is Nan Shepherd's only book of poems. It took her twenty-five years to write these forty-six poems. Each is possessed of a fierce intensity; together, they offer glimpses into what she once called the burning heart of life'. Shepherd's lifelong acquaintance with the Scottish mountains was a spiritual as well as a geographical exploration: in the Cairngorms she discovered both elemental beauty and profound metaphysical mystery. Her huge gifts as a poet were to convey these discoveries in language that remains strange and thrilling.'

In the Cairngorms

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