"The Living Mountain" is a lyrical testament in praise of the Cairngorms. It is a work deeply rooted in Nan Shepherd's knowledge of the natural world, and a poetic and philosophical meditation on our longing for high and holy places. Drawing on different perspectives of the mountain environment, Shepherd makes the familiar strange and the strange awe-inspiring. Her sensitivity and powers of observation put her into the front rank of nature writing.
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'Most works of mountain literature are written by men, and most of them focus on the goal of the summit. Nan Shepherd's aimless, sensual exploration of the Cairngorms is bracingly different.' Robert Macfarlane
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Nan Shepherd (1893–1981) was an English lecturer at what is now Aberdeen College of Education. She made many visits to the Cairngorms with students and friends and was a keen member of the Deeside Field Club. Her many further travels included visits to Norway, France, Italy, Greece, and South Africa, but she always returned to the house where she was raised and lived almost all her adult life in the village of West Cults, three miles from Aberdeen on North Deeside.
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