Robert Macfarlane

The Waterstones Podcast vor 1 Jahr

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Robert Macfarlane's latest book is his most personal and
political yet, asking a question which may sound simple, but
which forces the reader to look at rivers in a profoundly
different way to simply being matter for human use. In this
conversation he takes us from the cloud forest of Ecuador, to the
industrially clogged waterways of India before sending us down
the white waters of Canada and returning home to the source of a
chalk stream near his home. Also telling the stories of three
people whose proximity to death is radically altered by their
encounters with these rivers, we hope that after listening, your
answer to that bold question will be a resounding yes!