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Is a River Alive?
by Robert Macfarlane
It is a rare occasion that I am aware of or get excited about new releases - Macfarlane is the exception. I managed to get my hands on a friend's copy of Is a River Alive? and flew through it. It has that rythm and beauty to the language that makes a Macfarlane sentence unmistakable. It has the referencing, retelling and interweaving of other people's words and stories. The control over the language is sharp as ever, but there is a sense of the intractableness of the subject matter, a true bewilderment on a very personal level, which made this one stand out to me. Macfarlane's writing has shaped so much of my thinking these past years, I've drifted down some unexpected paths on those currents, and I am sure this book will similarly seep down and mingle with and stir the waters in some way.