Living in the Sound of the Wind: A Life of W.H. Hudson Naturalist and Writer from the River Plate - Hardcover

Jason Wilson

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1472106350 ISBN 13: 9781472106353

Publisher: Constable, 2015

Synopsis

W. H. Hudson was brought up on the pampas, where he learnt from gauchos about frontier life. After moving to London in 1874, Hudson lived in extreme poverty. Like his friend Joseph Conrad, Hudson was an exile, adapting to England. He never returned to Argentina.

Wilson unravels Hudson's English dream, his natural history rambles, and his work to protect birds. He remains both a complex witness to his homeland before mass immigration and to his England of the mind, before the urban sprawl.

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Review:

Praise for Jason Wilson: Tireless, shrewd, erudite Jason Wilson, mixing hard fact and anthology, provides the perfect outfit of allusion and comparative experience (Jonathan Keates Observer)

Praise for Jason Wilson: Put his treasure trove into your pocket. (Anthony Sattin Sunday Times)

Praise for Jason Wilson: The idea is so simple that it must be original. This inaugural book might prove to be a landmark. (Nicholas Shakespeare Daily Telegraph)

Book Description:

A Life of W. H. Hudson: Naturalist and Writer from the River Plate

About this edition

• Publisher: Constable
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1472106350
• ISBN 13: 9781472106353
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256