Landscape And Memory
Recommended by Andrea Wulf, and 1 others. See all reviewsRanked #17 in Landscape
The forest primeval, the river of life, the sacred mount -- read Landscape and Memory to have these explained... 'One of the most intelligent, original, stimulating, self-indulgent, perverse and irresistibly enjoyable books I have ever read. ' Philip Ziegler
Landscape and Memory is a history book unlike any other. In a series of journeys through space and time, it examines our relationship with the landscape around us -- rivers, mountains, forests -- the impact each of them has had on our culture and imaginations, and the way in which we, in turn, have shaped them to answer our needs.... more
Landscape and Memory is a history book unlike any other. In a series of journeys through space and time, it examines our relationship with the landscape around us -- rivers, mountains, forests -- the impact each of them has had on our culture and imaginations, and the way in which we, in turn, have shaped them to answer our needs.... more
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Andrea Wulf I’ve found this one of the most extraordinary books of cultural history I’ve ever read and it certainly seems to be one that has set all sorts of hares running. (Source)
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