{"product_id":"is-a-river-alive-9780393242133","title":"Is a River Alive?","description":"\u003cp\u003eHailed in the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e as \"a naturalist who can unfurl a sentence with the breathless ease of a master angler,\" Robert Macfarlane brings his glittering style to a profound work of travel writing, reportage, and natural history. \u003cem\u003eIs a River Alive?\u003c\/em\u003e is a joyful, mind-expanding exploration of an ancient, urgent idea: that rivers are living beings who should be recognized as such in imagination and law.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMacfarlane takes readers on three unforgettable journeys teeming with extraordinary people, stories, and places: to the miraculous cloud-forests and mountain streams of Ecuador, to the wounded creeks and lagoons of India, and to the spectacular wild rivers of Canada--imperiled respectively by mining, pollution, and dams. Braiding these journeys is the life story of the fragile chalk stream a mile from Macfarlane's house, a stream who flows through his own years and days.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePowered by dazzling prose and lit throughout by other minds and voices, \u003cem\u003eIs a River Alive?\u003c\/em\u003e will open hearts, challenge perspectives, and remind us that our fate flows with that of rivers--and always has.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMacFarlane, Robert:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eRobert Macfarlane\u003c\/strong\u003e is internationally renowned for his writing on nature, people, and place. His best-selling books include \u003cem\u003eUnderland\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLandmarks\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Old Ways\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Wild Places\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eMountains of the Mind\u003c\/em\u003e; they have been translated into more than thirty languages, won many prizes around the world and been widely adapted for film, music, theatre, radio, and dance. He has also written operas, plays, and films including \u003cem\u003eRiver\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMountain\u003c\/em\u003e, both narrated by Willem Dafoe. He has collaborated with artists including Olafur Eliasson and Stanley Donwood, and with the artist Jackie Morris he co-created the internationally best-selling books of nature-poetry and art, \u003cem\u003eThe Lost Words\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Lost Spells\u003c\/em\u003e. He is the recipient of the E. M. Forster Prize for Literature and the Henry David Thoreau Prize for Literary Excellence. Macfarlane lives in Cambridge, England, where he is a fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge.","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51276897288466,"sku":"9780393242133","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c5803b89-e11e-4166-9498-24598d9a36d2.jpg?v=1759832084","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/is-a-river-alive-9780393242133","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}