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Description
The book flows first to northern Ecuador, where a miraculous cloud-forest and its rivers are threatened by goldmining. Then, to the wounded rivers, creeks and lagoons of southern India, where a desperate battle to save the lives of these waterbodies is under way. And finally, to north-eastern Quebec, where a spectacular wild river – the Mutehekau or Magpie – is being defended from death by damming in a river-rights campaign.
At once Macfarlane’s most personal and most political book to date, Is a River Alive? will open hearts, spark debates and lead us to the revelation that our fate flows with that of rivers – and always has
SPECIAL EDITION EXCLUSIVE TO INDEPENDENT BOOKSHOPS that are signed and stamped by the author with exclusive end papers (by Daniel Coe) and a ribbon marker, plus additional context – a poem called ‘Riversong’ by Robert Macfarlane and illustrated by Nick Hayes.
