'Like many a Highland glen, the Fathan Ghlinne should be wooded but
isn't. But I have sat long and often and listened to the ancient
river speech, to the windsong of three birches and a rowan, the
rowan above a meeting of waterfalls which should be a portentous
place. And the word on the wind and in the speech of the river is
that the trees and wolves and the people will be back.' Thus Jim
Crumley concludes this remarkable book of nature writing. The
setting is largely Highland Perthshire (there are startling asides
to Mull and Alaska), the author's home for several years, and
where, having 'chased a rainbow' that faded early he stayed on and
put down a root that nourished his nature writer's instincts.
Something Out There is Jim Crumley's account of his quest to
rediscover something of the ancient bond between man and nature. It
is told in prose that is three-quarters of the way to poetry, and
in the process gives the art of nature writing a bold new standard
bearer for the 21st century.
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