The Company of Swans by Jim Crumley
This beautiful record, on fine paper, is Crumley's homage to these noble creatures, but it is also an elegy, a love song to one swan whose silent tragedy he watched from one season to the next. A small mound on white feathers lies on a tussock of grass made grey by a Highland winter.It's lovelySo gentle and understated, and yet so poignant and connected. -- Chris Packham, author of Fingers in the Sparkle Jar
This is only a short tale, but it is delicately told, and the fate of the abandoned mate is movingly described * The Times *
With exquisite engravings by Harry Brockway [this] is a perfect miniature... [Crumley's] prose style remains as elegant as his white-plumed subjects -- Leslie Duncan * Glasgow Herald *
You will want to read it again and again... a lovely book -- Andrew Currie
Jim Crumley is the pre-eminent Scottish nature writer * Guardian *
Extremely well written and beautifully illustrated -- Colin Gibson * Dundee Courier *
The best nature writer working in Britain today * Los Angeles Times *
Enchanting * Good Book Guide *
Crumley conveys the wonder of the natural world with honesty and passion and, yes, poetry -- Susan Mansfield * Scottish Review of Books *
Jim Crumley (Author)
Jim Crumley was born in Dundee in 1947. His love of nature was born and nurtured among the fields, hills and shores of Angus where he spent his childhood. After 25 years as a journalist, he turned to writing books in 1988. His thirty titles, many about the nature and landscape of Scotland, include The Last Wolf and The Eagle’s Way, which was shortlisted for a Saltire Society award. His new Encounters in the Wild series, published by Saraband, sees Jim get up close and personal with Britain’s favourite animals. The Nature of Autumn (2016) was longlisted for the Wainwright Golden Beer Book Prize and was shortlisted for the Richard Jefferies Society and White Horse Bookshop Literary Prize. His latest book is The Nature of Winter (2017).
Harry Brockway (Illustrator)
Harry Brockway was born in 1958 and studied sculpture at Kingston Art School and at the Royal Academy, where he learned engraving. He makes a living as a stonemason as well as a wood engraver.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781787300620 |
| ISBN 10 | 1787300625 |
| Title | The Company of Swans |
| Author | Jim Crumley |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2017-11-30 |
| Number of pages | 48 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |