Immersive, evocative and powerful,Â Common GroundÂ is a unique evocation of how, over the course of one year, Rob Cowen discovered a common -- though extraordinary -- square mile of

Commond Ground

Immersive, evocative and powerful,Â Common GroundÂ is a unique evocation of how, over the course of one year, Rob Cowen discovered a common -- though extraordinary -- square mile of wood, meadow, hedge and river on the edge of his northern town.Â
Â Â Â Â Â 'I am dreaming of the edge-land again.'

Â Â Â Â Â After moving from London to a new home in Yorkshire, Rob Cowen finds himself on unfamiliar territory, disoriented, hemmed in by winter and yearning for the nearest open space. So one night, he sets out to find it -- a pylon-slung edge-land, a tangle of wood, meadow, field and river on the outskirts of town. Despite being in the shadow of thousands of houses, it feels unclaimed, forgotten, caught between worlds, and all the more magical for it.Â
Â Â Â Â Obsessively revisiting this contested ground, Cowen ventures deeper into its many layers and lives, documenting its changes through time and season and unearthing histories that profoundly resonate and intertwine with transformative events happening in his own life.Â
Â Â Â Â Blurring the boundaries of memoir, natural history and novel,Â Common GroundÂ offers nothing less than an enthralling new way of writing about nature and our experiences within it. We encounter the edge-land's inhabitants in immersive, kaleidoscopic detail as their voices and visions rise from the fields and woods: beasts, birds, insects, plants and people -- the beggars, sages and lovers across the ages.Â
Â Â Â Â Startlingly personal and poetic, this is a unique portrait of a forgotten realm and a remarkable evocation of how, over the course of a year, a man came to know himself once more by unlocking it. But, above all, this is a book that reasserts a vital truth: nature isn't just found in some remote mountain or protected park. It is all around us. It is in us. ItÂ isÂ us.
Country USA
Brand Windmill Books
Manufacturer Windmill
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780099592037
ReleaseDate 2016-04-26
Format International Edition
EANs 9780099592037

Country	USA
Brand	Windmill Books
Manufacturer	Windmill
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780099592037
ReleaseDate	2016-04-26
Format	International Edition
EANs	9780099592037

Commond Ground

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