The Living Mountain by Nan Shepherd

The Living Mountain

The Grampian Quartet #4

Nan Shepherd with Robert Macfarlane (Contributor), Jeanette Winterson (Contributor)

159 pages first pub 1977 (editions)

nonfiction nature travel reflective relaxing slow-paced
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In this masterpiece of nature writing, Nan Shepherd describes her journeys into the Cairngorm mountains of Scotland. There she encounters a world that can be breathtakingly beautiful at times and shockingly harsh at others. Her intense, poetic pro...

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Moods

reflective 91%
inspiring 73%
adventurous 46%
informative 43%
relaxing 41%
hopeful 23%
emotional 19%
mysterious 10%
lighthearted 8%
challenging 5%
dark 1%
funny 1%
sad 1%

Pace

slow 60%
medium 32%
fast 6%

Average rating

4.2

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