Is a River Alive? Norman Wirzba favor the plainspoken and the

favor the plainspoken and the specific

so she turned her attention toward creative writing

In the safe and hidden rooms where we

Volume 2: Death

or pigments made from oyster shell—as he considers the plants and wildlife on the land where he lives

Is a River Alive? Norman Wirzba favor the plainspoken and theHailed in the New York Times 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. Is a River Alive? 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. Macfarlane takes readers on three unforgettable