The Wild Life by John Lewis-Stempel
The Wild Life is John Lewis-Stempel's account of twelve months eating only food shot, caught or foraged from the fields, hedges, and brooks of his forty-acre farm.
This is a great book: tough and funny, metaphysical and earthy, passionate and honestMost of all, honest: not just in the sense of 'candid', but honest also in that it reveals the sheer bloody awkwardness, and the sheer awkward bloodiness, of trying to live even semi-wild these days. What might seem like a gimmick turns out to be a way of discovering a great deal about that complicated thing we call 'land'. There's also some beautiful writing about place -- Robert Macfarlane, author of the international bestseller, The Wild Places
Beautifully written. The closest thing you can get to poetry in prose -- Paul Blezzard * Hay on Wye Literary Festival *
A fascinating account of each month as [John Lewis Stempel] tracks, kills and gathers what he needs to stay alive... But this is more than just a rundown of all the perfectly edible stuff out there that we tend to overlook in our everyday, supermarket-dominated lives. The Wild Life is also a meditation on survival and our connection to the land... A timely and compelling book -- Jason Webster * Sunday Telegraph *
Tough, honest, funny, poetic and informative, this is an initiatory and spiritual journey. A life lesson for us all * Ecologist *
A large slice of nostalgia served up in an amusing and informative narrative * Manchester Evening News *
Beautifully written. The closest thing you can get to poetry in prose -- Paul Blezzard * Hay on Wye Literary Festival *
A fascinating account of each month as [John Lewis Stempel] tracks, kills and gathers what he needs to stay alive... But this is more than just a rundown of all the perfectly edible stuff out there that we tend to overlook in our everyday, supermarket-dominated lives. The Wild Life is also a meditation on survival and our connection to the land... A timely and compelling book -- Jason Webster * Sunday Telegraph *
Tough, honest, funny, poetic and informative, this is an initiatory and spiritual journey. A life lesson for us all * Ecologist *
A large slice of nostalgia served up in an amusing and informative narrative * Manchester Evening News *
John Lewis-Stempel is a farmer and 'Britain's finest living nature writer' (The Times). His books include the Sunday Times bestsellers Woodston, The Running Hare and The Wood. He is the only person to have won the Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing twice, with Meadowland and Where Poppies Blow. In 2016 he was named Magazine Columnist of the Year for his column in Country Life. He farms cattle, sheep, pigs and poultry. Traditionally.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781784162382 |
| ISBN 10 | 1784162388 |
| Title | The Wild Life |
| Author | John Lewis-Stempel |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Year published | 2016-06-30 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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