Fen, Bog and Swamp: from the winner of the Pulitzer Prize

Annie Proulx

ISBN 10: 0008534438 / ISBN 13: 9780008534431

Published by Fourth Estate Ltd, 2023

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Fen, Bog and Swamp: from the winner of the Pulitzer Prize
• Publisher: Fourth Estate Ltd
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0008534438
• ISBN 13: 9780008534431
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week

‘Magnificent’ Guardian

‘Remarkable … A compact classic!’ Bill McKibben

‘I learned something new – and found something amazing – on every page’ Anthony Doerr, author of All the Light We Cannot See

Fens, bogs, swamps and marine estuaries are the earth’s most desirable and dependable resources. Here, Pulitzer Prize winner Annie Proulx brings her witness and research to the vitally important role they play in preserving the environment, and their systemic destruction in the pursuit of profit. Travelling from the fens of sixteenth-century England to America’s Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Fen, Bog and Swamp is both a revelatory history and an urgent plea for wetland reclamation, from one of our greatest prose stylists.

‘A rousing call to action’ Esquire

‘Sparklingly furious … it has a profoundly positive message’ Richard Mabey, Telegraph

‘This haunting tribute … is a pleasure to read’ Financial Times

About the Author

Annie Proulx is the author of nine books, including the novel The Shipping News, Barkskins and the story collection Close Range. Her many honors include a Pulitzer Prize, a National Book Award, the Irish Times International Fiction Prize, and a PEN/Faulkner award. Her story ‘Brokeback Mountain,’ which originally appeared in The New Yorker, was made into an Academy Award-winning film. She lives in New Hampshire.