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ENGLISH PASTORAL - JAMES REBANKS KARTONIERT (TB)

THE SUNDAY TIMES NATURE BOOK OF THE YEAR The new bestseller from the author of The Shepherd's
Life 'A beautifully written story of a family  a home and a changing landscape' Nigel Slater 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. 'A heartfelt book and one that dares
to hope' Alan Bennett'A wonder of a book  fierce  tender  and beautiful' Helen Macdonald Winner
of the Wainwright PrizeWinner of the Fortnum & Mason Food Book of the YearShortlisted for the
Orwell PrizeShortlisted for the Ondaatje Prize Longlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize

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