| Author: | Brian Clarke | ISBN: | 9781846891472 |
| Publisher: | Quiller | Publication: | April 15, 2001 |
| Imprint: | Swan Hill Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Brian Clarke |
| ISBN: | 9781846891472 |
| Publisher: | Quiller |
| Publication: | April 15, 2001 |
| Imprint: | Swan Hill Press |
| Language: | English |
This book has achieved the unique distinction of winning both the Authors Club award for first best novel - one of the UK's major fiction prizes - and the BP Natural World Book Prize, Britain's top award for enviromental literature and a prize that had previously always gone to non - fiction work. The story explores the great enviromental issues facing 21st century man, including, ultimately, the issue of his own survival, by following in microscopic close-up what happens when a group of human beings leading everyday lives, inadvertantly begins to stress the wild creatures living around them. 'Devastatingly effective … ought to be required reading.'The Times' Magically wrought … a parable for our times.'The Sunday Times' The most significant book of its kind I have read since Rachel Carson's Silent Spring.' David Arnold Forster, Chief Executive, English Nature
This book has achieved the unique distinction of winning both the Authors Club award for first best novel - one of the UK's major fiction prizes - and the BP Natural World Book Prize, Britain's top award for enviromental literature and a prize that had previously always gone to non - fiction work. The story explores the great enviromental issues facing 21st century man, including, ultimately, the issue of his own survival, by following in microscopic close-up what happens when a group of human beings leading everyday lives, inadvertantly begins to stress the wild creatures living around them. 'Devastatingly effective … ought to be required reading.'The Times' Magically wrought … a parable for our times.'The Sunday Times' The most significant book of its kind I have read since Rachel Carson's Silent Spring.' David Arnold Forster, Chief Executive, English Nature
