The Living Mountain by Nan Shepherd

The Living Mountain

The Grampian Quartet #4

Nan Shepherd with Robert Macfarlane (Contributor), Jeanette Winterson (Contributor), Tilda Swinton (Narrator)

4 hours, 53 minutes • first pub 1977 (view editions)

nonfiction nature travel adventurous inspiring reflective 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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4.24
based on 1,435 reviews

Moods

reflective: 89%

inspiring: 70%

adventurous: 47%

informative: 45%

relaxing: 38%

hopeful: 20%

emotional: 17%

lighthearted: 9%

mysterious: 9%

challenging: 7%

dark: 1%

funny: 1%

Pace

7% of readers chose fast
33% of readers chose medium
59% of readers chose slow
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