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Twelve Words for Moss

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Shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize 2023 for Nature WritingA celebration of the unsung hero of the plant word and an immersive journey through the British wetlands.Glowflake, Rocket, Small Skies, Kind Spears, Marilyn . . .Moss is known as the living carpet but if you look really closely, it contains an irrepressible light. In Twelve Words for Moss, Elizabeth-Jane Burnett highlights this often forgotten but vital foundation of the plant world with her unique blend of poetry, nature writing and memoir. Making her way through wetlands from Somerset to Country Tyrone, Burnett discovers the hidden vibrancy of these overlooked spaces, renaming her favourite species of moss as she recovers from grieving her father¿s death, spurred on by the resilience and tenacity of her plant - and human - friends.

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  • Språk:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780141999548
  • Bindende:
  • Paperback
  • Sider:
  • 192
  • Utgitt:
  • 16. mai 2024
  • Dimensjoner:
  • 130x198x12 mm.
  • Vekt:
  • 146 g.
  • BLACK NOVEMBER
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Leveringstid: 4-7 virkedager
Forventet levering: 6. desember 2024

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Shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize 2023 for Nature WritingA celebration of the unsung hero of the plant word and an immersive journey through the British wetlands.Glowflake, Rocket, Small Skies, Kind Spears, Marilyn . . .Moss is known as the living carpet but if you look really closely, it contains an irrepressible light. In Twelve Words for Moss, Elizabeth-Jane Burnett highlights this often forgotten but vital foundation of the plant world with her unique blend of poetry, nature writing and memoir. Making her way through wetlands from Somerset to Country Tyrone, Burnett discovers the hidden vibrancy of these overlooked spaces, renaming her favourite species of moss as she recovers from grieving her father¿s death, spurred on by the resilience and tenacity of her plant - and human - friends.

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