Reissue of J. A. Baker,s extraordinary classic of British nature writing Despite the association of peregrines with the wild, outer reaches of the British Isles, The Peregrine is set on the flat marshes of the Essex coast, where J A Baker spent a long winter looking and writing about the visitors from the uplands - peregrines that spend the winter hunting the huge flocks of pig...
Reissue of J. A. Baker,s extraordinary classic of British nature writing Despite the association of peregrines with the wild, outer reaches of the British Isles, The Peregrine is set on the flat marshes of the Essex coast, where J A Baker spent a long winter looking and writing about the visitors from the uplands - peregrines that spend the winter hunting the huge flocks of pigeons and waders that share the desolate landscape with them. Including original diaries from which The Peregrine was written and its companion volume The Hill of Summer, this is a beautiful compendium of lyrical nature writing at its absolute best. Such luminaries as Richard Mabey, Robert Macfarlane, Ted Hughes and Andrew Motion have cited this as one of the most important books in 20th Century nature writing, and the bestselling author Mark Cocker has provided an introduction on the importance of Baker, his writings and the diaries - creating the essential volume of Baker's writings. Since the hardback was published in 2010, papers, maps, and letters have come to light which in turn provide a little more background into J A Baker,s history. Contemporaries - particularly from while he was at school in Chelmsford - have kindly provided insights, remembering a school friend who clearly made an impact on his generation. In the longer term, there is hope of an archive of these papers being established, but in the meantime, and with the arrival of this paperback edition, there is a chance to reveal a little more of what has been learned. Among fragments of letters to Baker was one from a reader who praised a piece that Baker had written in RSPB Birds magazine in 1971. Apart from a paper on peregrines which Baker wrote for the Essex Bird Report, this article - entitled On the Essex Coast - appears to be his only other published piece of writing, and, with the kind agreement of the RSPB, it has been included in this updated new paperback edition of Baker,s astounding work.
Introduction by Mark Cocker
Notes on J. A. Baker by John Fanshawe
The Peregrine
Beginnings
Peregrines
Thee Hunting Life
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Introduction by Mark Cocker
Notes on J. A. Baker by John Fanshawe
The Peregrine
Beginnings
Peregrines
Thee Hunting Life
The Hill of Summer
April: Woods and Fields
May: A Storm
May: The Pine Wood
May: A Journey
May: Downland
June: Beech Wood
June: The Sea and the Moor
June: Midsummer
July: A River
July: The Heath
August: Estuary
September: The Hill
The Diaries
Introduction by John Fanshawe
1954–1961
On the Essex Coast
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2023年初秋重读才可以说是真正进入了这本书。秋季是寻鹰时节。在西山下仰望数十只猛禽连绵而过，即使在望远镜里，也只是小小的黑点。用肉眼则“决眦入归鸟”，眼角真的要裂开了都还看不到。而2023也是无比倦怠迟钝灰心的一年，这让我终于对贝克的情绪有了共鸣。说到底，谁会孤身走入荒野，数十年追寻一种嗜血的猛禽，只想置身世界的边缘，to let the human taint wash away in emp...2023年初秋重读才可以说是真正进入了这本书。秋季是寻鹰时节。在西山下仰望数十只猛禽连绵而过，即使在望远镜里，也只是小小的黑点。用肉眼则“决眦入归鸟”，眼角真的要裂开了都还看不到。而2023也是无比倦怠迟钝灰心的一年，这让我终于对贝克的情绪有了共鸣。说到底，谁会孤身走入荒野，数十年追寻一种嗜血的猛禽，只想置身世界的边缘，to let the human taint wash away in emptiness and silence as the fox sloughs his smell into the cold unworldliness of water, 贝克的厌世是大写的。而他语言的强度和力度，反倒还不是美，令我震颤。我才意识到那些句子多么强悍，即使有很多比喻。极致之书。(展开)
2023年初秋重读才可以说是真正进入了这本书。秋季是寻鹰时节。在西山下仰望数十只猛禽连绵而过，即使在望远镜里，也只是小小的黑点。用肉眼则“决眦入归鸟”，眼角真的要裂开了都还看不到。而2023也是无比倦怠迟钝灰心的一年，这让我终于对贝克的情绪有了共鸣。说到底，谁会孤身走入荒野，数十年追寻一种嗜血的猛禽，只想置身世界的边缘，to let the human taint wash away in emp...2023年初秋重读才可以说是真正进入了这本书。秋季是寻鹰时节。在西山下仰望数十只猛禽连绵而过，即使在望远镜里，也只是小小的黑点。用肉眼则“决眦入归鸟”，眼角真的要裂开了都还看不到。而2023也是无比倦怠迟钝灰心的一年，这让我终于对贝克的情绪有了共鸣。说到底，谁会孤身走入荒野，数十年追寻一种嗜血的猛禽，只想置身世界的边缘，to let the human taint wash away in emptiness and silence as the fox sloughs his smell into the cold unworldliness of water, 贝克的厌世是大写的。而他语言的强度和力度，反倒还不是美，令我震颤。我才意识到那些句子多么强悍，即使有很多比喻。极致之书。(展开)
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浙江教育出版社2017版
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浙江教育出版社2017版
0 有用 vivida 2024-01-02 22:23:12 北京
2023年初秋重读才可以说是真正进入了这本书。秋季是寻鹰时节。在西山下仰望数十只猛禽连绵而过，即使在望远镜里，也只是小小的黑点。用肉眼则“决眦入归鸟”，眼角真的要裂开了都还看不到。而2023也是无比倦怠迟钝灰心的一年，这让我终于对贝克的情绪有了共鸣。说到底，谁会孤身走入荒野，数十年追寻一种嗜血的猛禽，只想置身世界的边缘，to let the human taint wash away in emp... 2023年初秋重读才可以说是真正进入了这本书。秋季是寻鹰时节。在西山下仰望数十只猛禽连绵而过，即使在望远镜里，也只是小小的黑点。用肉眼则“决眦入归鸟”，眼角真的要裂开了都还看不到。而2023也是无比倦怠迟钝灰心的一年，这让我终于对贝克的情绪有了共鸣。说到底，谁会孤身走入荒野，数十年追寻一种嗜血的猛禽，只想置身世界的边缘，to let the human taint wash away in emptiness and silence as the fox sloughs his smell into the cold unworldliness of water, 贝克的厌世是大写的。而他语言的强度和力度，反倒还不是美，令我震颤。我才意识到那些句子多么强悍，即使有很多比喻。极致之书。 (展开)
0 有用 33 2023-01-26 23:42:53 四川
@2022-11-22 12:48:42
0 有用 宝宝TWO 2018-01-27 21:17:04
一本非常文艺，非常素淡的书
0 有用 GW_Parables 2021-08-20 22:04:39
这本写的好。真笔功日常洗眼睛。
0 有用 小岛 2020-08-28 11:35:00
@2017-11-21 01:17:41
0 有用 vivida 2024-01-02 22:23:12 北京
2023年初秋重读才可以说是真正进入了这本书。秋季是寻鹰时节。在西山下仰望数十只猛禽连绵而过，即使在望远镜里，也只是小小的黑点。用肉眼则“决眦入归鸟”，眼角真的要裂开了都还看不到。而2023也是无比倦怠迟钝灰心的一年，这让我终于对贝克的情绪有了共鸣。说到底，谁会孤身走入荒野，数十年追寻一种嗜血的猛禽，只想置身世界的边缘，to let the human taint wash away in emp... 2023年初秋重读才可以说是真正进入了这本书。秋季是寻鹰时节。在西山下仰望数十只猛禽连绵而过，即使在望远镜里，也只是小小的黑点。用肉眼则“决眦入归鸟”，眼角真的要裂开了都还看不到。而2023也是无比倦怠迟钝灰心的一年，这让我终于对贝克的情绪有了共鸣。说到底，谁会孤身走入荒野，数十年追寻一种嗜血的猛禽，只想置身世界的边缘，to let the human taint wash away in emptiness and silence as the fox sloughs his smell into the cold unworldliness of water, 贝克的厌世是大写的。而他语言的强度和力度，反倒还不是美，令我震颤。我才意识到那些句子多么强悍，即使有很多比喻。极致之书。 (展开)
0 有用 33 2023-01-26 23:42:53 四川
@2022-11-22 12:48:42
0 有用 dfbn 2022-03-28 03:56:48
并没有那么好。一百页后完全跳读。只能当英语写作教材。
0 有用 GW_Parables 2021-08-20 22:04:39
这本写的好。真笔功日常洗眼睛。
0 有用 小岛 2020-08-28 11:35:00
@2017-11-21 01:17:41