Description
| Product ID: | 9780141999548 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Twelve Words for Moss |
| Authors: | Author: Elizabeth-Jane Burnett |
| Page Count: | 192 |
| Subjects: | Memoirs, Memoirs, Poetry, Poetry by individual poets, Rural communities, Botany and plant sciences, Wetlands, swamps, fens, Environmentalist thought and ideology, Applied ecology, Coping with / advice about death and bereavement, Trees, wildflowers and plants: general interest, Poetry, Poetry by individual poets, Rural communities, Botany & plant sciences, Wetlands, swamps, fens, Environmentalist thought & ideology, Applied ecology, Coping with death & bereavement, Trees, wildflowers & plants, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Ireland |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating SHORTLISTED FOR THE JHALAK PRIZE 2024Shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize 2023 for Nature Writing'Exquisite, luminous and quietly radical . . . utterly unique and refreshing' Lucy JonesWhere nothing grows, moss is the spark that triggers new life. Embarking on a journey though landscape, memory and recovery, Elizabeth-Jane Burnett explores this mysterious, ancient marvel of the plant world, meditating on and renaming her favourite mosses – from Glowflake to Little Loss – and drawing inspiration from place, people and language itself. 'Fascinating, subtle and risk-taking . . . Poetry, descriptive-evocative prose, memory, memoir, natural history and more all drift and mingle in strikingly new ways' Robert Macfarlane SHORTLISTED FOR THE JHALAK PRIZE 2024 |
| Imprint Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2024-05-16 |