{"product_id":"is-a-river-alive-robert-macfarlane","title":"Is a River Alive? (Robert Macfarlane)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR BLACKWELL'S BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR CONSERVATION WRITING 2025\u003cbr\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE INDIE BOOK AWARDS 2026\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom celebrated writer Robert Macfarlane comes this brilliant, perspective-shifting new book - which answers a resounding \u003ci\u003eyes\u003c\/i\u003e to the question of its title.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt its heart is a single, transformative idea: that rivers are not mere matter for human use, but living beings - who should be recognized as such in both imagination and law.\u003ci\u003e Is a River Alive?\u003c\/i\u003e takes the reader on an exhilarating exploration of the past, present and futures of this ancient, urgent concept.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book flows first to \u003cb\u003enorthern Ecuador\u003c\/b\u003e, where a miraculous cloud-forest and its rivers are threatened by goldmining.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen, to the wounded rivers, creeks and lagoons of \u003cb\u003esouthern India\u003c\/b\u003e, where a desperate battle to save the lives of these waterbodies is under way.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd finally, to \u003cb\u003enorth-eastern Quebec\u003c\/b\u003e, where a spectacular wild river - the Mutehekau or Magpie - is being defended from death by damming in a river-rights campaign.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAt once Macfarlane's most personal and most political book to date, \u003ci\u003eIs a River Alive?\u003c\/i\u003e will open hearts, spark debates and lead us to the revelation that our fate flows with that of rivers - and always has.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2025 BOOK OF THE YEAR ACCORDING TO SPECTATOR, I PAPER, ECONOMIST, ESQUIRE, TIME\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE EDWARD STANFORD TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR 2026\u003cbr\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE SHERBORNE PRIZE FOR TRAVEL WRITING 2026\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE 2026\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert Macfarlane's \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e- and \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling books include \u003ci\u003eIs a River Alive?\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUnderland\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLandmarks\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Old Ways\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Wild Places\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMountains of the Mind\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as a book-length prose-poem, \u003ci\u003eNess\u003c\/i\u003e. His work has been translated into more than thirty languages, won prizes around the world, and been widely adapted for film, music, theatre, radio and dance. He has also written operas, plays, albums, choral works, and films including \u003ci\u003eRiver\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMountain\u003c\/i\u003e, both narrated by Willem Dafoe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMacfarlane has collaborated closely with artists including Olafur Eliasson, and with the artist Jackie Morris he co-created the internationally bestselling books of nature-poetry and art, \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Words\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Spells\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2017, the American Academy of Arts and Letters awarded him the E.M. Forster Prize for Literature, and in 2023 in Toronto he was the inaugural winner of the Weston International Award for a body of work in the field of non-fiction. He is a Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and is presently working on a graphic novel re-telling of the \u003ci\u003eEpic of Gilgamesh\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMacfarlane and Morris's latest project, \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Birds, \u003c\/i\u003ewill be published in May 2026.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format paperback, Englisch, 384 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65815707877725,"sku":"K010366001","price":12.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/1036600100001A.jpg?v=1788573575","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/is-a-river-alive-robert-macfarlane","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}