Mountains Of The Mind: A History Of A Fascination - Granta Books Edition Trigger Chiara Dorbolò

Chiara Dorbolò

It is ever-awake and ready for the exhausted and the good sleepers alike to pick up in the morning

the book includes 21 ink and watercolour avian illustrations by Ella Johnston and contributions from the country's most interesting nature and landscape writers

George Kafka

Toshimaru Nakamura

Mountains Of The Mind: A History Of A Fascination - Granta Books Edition Trigger Chiara DorbolòOnce we thought monsters lived there. In the Enlightenment we scaled them to commune with the sublime. Soon, we were racing to conquer their summits in the name of national pride. In this ground breaking, classic work, Robert Macfarlane takes us up into the mountains: to experience their shattering beauty, the fear and risk of adventure, and to explore the strange impulses that have for centuries lead us to the worlds highest places.