A review by lilyreads01
Outlandish: Walking Europe's Unlikely Landscapes by Nick Hunt

4.0

Outlandish by Nick Hunt is a wonderful book of travel, nature, history and culture. The author transports you to unexpected landscapes and horizons from a patch of Arctic tundra in Scotland, the final remnant of primeval forest in Poland and Belarus, Europe’s only true desert in Spain and the grassland steppes of Hungary. The prose is beautiful and enchanting as a reader you feel yourself tracing the footprints of the author in his quest to understand a place, it’s history, present and uncertain future. The book explores the pressing urgency of climate change, what may be lost to us or changed over time, the animals and natural worlds that inhabit these places which exist in pockets of abundance. This book is perfect for readers of nature and travel writing who want to feel immersed in a new landscape. Engrossing, rich and strange these are places I felt privileged to envision through the pages of this book. 4 Stars ✨

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for a review copy of this book in exchange for honest feedback.