Canons The Living Mountain, Book 6, Main - Canons Imprint Re-Issue ed. (Paperback)

from Ma_Washigeri

I did really like it - but I still can't see that it has actually been as influential as it's made out to be, either for the writing or the Cairngorms. It's a good piece of writing but hasn't passed on the love of the Cairngorms to me. I spent years (feels like decades) campaigning against the bu...

from DramMan

A lyrical composition in praise of 'The Living Mountain', in this case the Cairngorm massif, by a writer in deep communion with their subject. Anyone who has ever experienced nature and especially scenery at altitude will appreciate this work - it resonated with me.

from mooingzelda

The Living Mountain is a short and beautiful account of getting to know the hills of the Cairngorms through its trees, plants, lochs, wildlife and ever-changing weather. The writing is lovely - lyrical without rushing into hyperbole, and always grounded through the author's awareness of the dange...

from breic

"But at first I was seeking only sensuous gratification... I was not interested in the mountain for itself, but for its effect on me, as puss caresses not the man but herself against the man's trouser leg. But as I grew older, and less self-sufficient, I began to discover the mountain in itself.....

from PDCRead

The Cairngorms are a mountain range roughly in the middle of Scotland, it is can be a breathtaking beautiful part of the world, but in bad weather can be harsh, unforgiving and unrelenting. This was a part of the world that Shepherd loved and lived close to all her life. It is a short book, origi...