How to Catch a Mole (eBook)

Wisdom from a Life Lived in Nature

Marc Hamer (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
208 Seiten
Greystone Books (Verlag)
978-1-77164-480-8 (ISBN)

Infos

In this evocative and heart-wrenching memoir, a hard-working Welsh molecatcher reveals his double life as a poet and a dreamer *; ';A wonderful memoir hands down the most charming book I read last year.'Margaret Renkl, The New York Times';How to Catch a Mole is a small book of many things. In quiet, crystalline prose, it blends memoir, keen observations of nature, and ruminations about life, aging and death.'Wall Street JournalKneeling in a muddy field in the Welsh countryside, clutching a creature that is soft and blue-black, Marc Hamer vows he will stop trapping molesforever. In this earnest, understated, and sublime work of literary memoir, the molecatcher shares what led him to this strange career and what caused him to stop: from sleeping among hedges as a homeless teen, to toiling on the railway, to weeding windswept gardens in Wales and witnessing the beauty of every living thing.Hamer infuses his wanderings with radiant poetry and stark, simple observations on nature's oft-ignored details. He also reveals how to catch a molea craft long kept secret by its mastersand burrows into the unusual lives of his muses. Moles, we learn, are colorblind. Their blood holds unusual amounts of carbon dioxide. Their vast tunnel networks are intricate and deceptive. And, like Hamer, they work alone.Beautifully written, life-affirming, and highly original, How to Catch a Mole offers a gorgeous portrait of one man's deep, unbreakable bond with his natural surroundings, and offers hope and inspiration for anyone looking to improve their relationship with the natural world.

Autor

lt;p>Marc Hamer was born in the North of England and moved to Wales more than thirty years ago. After spending a period homeless, then working on the railway, he returned to education and studied fine art. He has worked in art galleries, marketing, graphic design, as a magazine editor and taught creative writing in a prison before becoming a gardener and mole-catcher.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.10.2019
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften
• Schlagworte: aging • Best memoir • biology of mammals • books for nature lovers • braiding sweetgrass • British Countryside • cute mole animal • debut author • Ecology • English garden • enviornment • enviornmental science • Essay • farming history • garden enthusiast gift • Gardening • gardening books • gardening gift • gardening gifts • gift for gardener • gift for mom • gifts for gardeners • gifts for nature lovers • green thumb gifts • Helen Macdonald • H is for Hawk • horticulture gifts • how to get rid of moles • late migrations • literary memoir • Literary Nonfiction • margaret renkl • mole animal • mole books • Natural History • Naturalist • naturalist biographies • Nature • nature memoir • Nature Philosophy • Nature writing • orwell's roses • Pastoralism • pastoral memoir • philosopical memoir • plant lover gift • poetic memoir • simon cooper • Sy Montgomery • traditional lifestyles • United Kingdom • unusual books • Vesper Flights • wales history • wales memoir • world of wonders • Zen
• ISBN-10: 1-77164-480-X / 177164480X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-77164-480-8 / 9781771644808