The Living Mountain by Nan Shepherd

The Living Mountain

The Grampian Quartet #4

Nan Shepherd with Robert Macfarlane (Contributor), Jeanette Winterson (Contributor)

nonfiction nature travel reflective relaxing slow-paced

117 pages | first published 1977

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In this masterpiece of nature writing, Nan Shepherd describes her journeys into the Cairngorm mountains of Scotland. There she encounters a world that can be breathtakingly beautiful at times and shockingly harsh at others. Her intense, poetic pro...
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Summary of 560 reviews

Moods

reflective 89%
inspiring 81%
relaxing 48%
informative 44%
adventurous 42%
emotional 21%
hopeful 17%
mysterious 10%
lighthearted 9%
challenging 5%
funny 1%

Pace

slow 67%
medium 25%
fast 6%

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4.19

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