{"title":"Books by Nan Shepherd","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9781786897350","title":"The Living Mountain","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The finest book ever written on nature and landscape in Britain' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction by Robert Macfarlane. Afterword by Jeanette Winterson\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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 prose explores and records the rocks, rivers, creatures and hidden aspects of this remarkable landscape. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShepherd spent a lifetime in search of the 'essential nature' of the Cairngorms; her quest led her to write this classic meditation on the magnificence of mountains, and on our imaginative relationship with the wild world around us. Composed during the Second World War, the manuscript of \u003ci\u003eThe Living Mountain \u003c\/i\u003elay untouched for more than thirty years before it was finally published.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":57682626445685,"sku":"9780857861832","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":43205493063858,"sku":"9781786897350","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780857861832_259320e1-96bb-4f64-8ae8-753c27a3699f.jpg?v=1792511559"},{"product_id":"9781782118862","title":"The Weatherhouse","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe women of the tiny town of Fetter-Rothnie have grown used to a life without men, and none more so than the tangle of mothers and daughters, spinsters and widows living at the Weatherhouse. Returned from war with shellshock, Garry Forbes is drawn into their circle as he struggles to build a new understanding of the world from the ruins of his grief.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Weatherhouse\u003c\/i\u003e Nan Shepherd paints an exquisite portrait of a community coming to terms with the brutal losses of war, and the small tragedies, yearnings and delusions that make up a life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43206220775602,"sku":"9781782118862","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781782118862.jpg?v=1786025568"},{"product_id":"9780862415891","title":"The Grampian Quartet","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Quarry Wood\u003c\/i\u003e, although published well before \u003ci\u003eSunset Song\u003c\/i\u003e, inhabits a similar world; the progress of its heroine could almost be the alternative story of a Chris Guthrie who did go to university. Compassionate and humorous, the grace and style of Shepherd's prose is heightened by a superb ear for the vigorous language of the north-east.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Weatherhouse\u003c\/i\u003e, Shepherd's masterpiece, is an even more substantial achievement which belongs to the great line of Scottish fiction dealing with the complex interactions of small communities, and especially the community of women - a touching and hilarious network of mothers, daughters, spinsters and widows. It is also a striking meditation on the nature of truth, the power of human longing and the mystery of being.\u003cbr\u003eThe third and final novel, \u003ci\u003eA Pass in the Grampians\u003c\/i\u003e, describes Jenny Kilgour's coming of age as she has to choose between the kindly harshness of her grandfather's life on a remote hill farm, and the vulgar and glorious energy of Bella Cassie, a local girl who left the community to pursue success as a singer, and has now returned to scandalise them all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Living Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e is a lyrical testament in praise of the Cairngorms. It is a work deeply rooted in Shepherd's knowledge of the natural world, and a poetic and philosophical meditation on our longing for high and holy places.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis omnibus edition of Shepherd's prose works reveals how her sensitivity and powers of observation raise her work far above the status of regional literature and into the front rank of Scottish writing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56295451361653,"sku":"9780862415891","price":16.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780862415891_d6d9e049-6b05-4137-907c-d8a6c17eafbc.jpg?v=1786016515"},{"product_id":"9781786891624","title":"The Quarry Wood","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen Martha accepts a place at university, her decision is met with a mixture of hostility and pride by her uncomprehending family. This is the story of a young woman's journey to maturity and independence, struggling to cope with the intellectual and emotional challenges that surround her, at a time when such space was rarely given freely to women.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Quarry Wood\u003c\/i\u003e, Nan Shepherd's subtle prose is matched with intense and memorable descriptions of the natural world, and a dry sense of humour. Ninety years after the first publication, it remains as fresh and original today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56305626677621,"sku":"9781786891624","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781786891624_bd4d5682-a7ca-4952-a71a-88d81883b8ec.jpg?v=1786025416"},{"product_id":"9781912916108","title":"Wild Geese","description":"In the 1930s, the writer and poet, Nan Shepherd was one of North-East Scotland's best known literati, and a highly respected member of the Scottish modernist movement. Her image now graces the new Scottish [5 note; her book The Living Mountain has become a classic and sells in its thousands. Wild Geese is a fantastic new collection of her work, never-before-published, including essays, poems and short stories.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56309216313717,"sku":"9781912916108","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781912916108_90415d54-409d-4666-9e51-2e60a2d646ac.jpg?v=1786030166"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-nan-shepherd.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}