{"product_id":"old-ways-robert-macfarlane","title":"Old Ways (Robert Macfarlane)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe original bestseller from the beloved author of \u003ci\u003eUNDERLAND, LANDMARKS \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e THE LOST WORDS \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e- \u003c\/i\u003eRobert Macfarlane travels Britain's ancient paths and discovers the secrets of our beautiful, underappreciated landscape\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003ci\u003eThe Old Ways\u003c\/i\u003e confirms Macfarlane's reputation as one of the most eloquent and observant of contemporary writers about nature'  \u003ci\u003eScotland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFollowing the tracks, holloways, drove-roads and sea paths that form part of a vast ancient network of routes criss-crossing the British Isles and beyond, Robert Macfarlane discovers a lost world - a landscape of the feet and the mind, of pilgrimage and ritual, of stories and ghosts; above all of the places and journeys which inspire and inhabit our imaginations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Sublime... It sets the imagination tingling, laying an irresistible trail for readers to follow' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Read this and it will be impossible to take an unremarkable walk again'  \u003ci\u003eMetro\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e'He has a rare physical intelligence and affords total immersion in place, elements and the passage of time: wonderful'  Antony Gormley\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, Englisch, 448 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65903178318173,"sku":"K054357836","price":13.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/5435783600001A.jpg?v=1789219130","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/old-ways-robert-macfarlane","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}