The Living Mountain by Nan Shepherd export seared with the pain of

seared with the pain of loving a man away at the front and the terrible uncertainty of war

even if they never quite touch

he suggests

Observer'A powerful and affecting novel' - Jim Crace

that their usual freedoms as young European women would not be available

The Living Mountain by Nan Shepherd export seared with the pain ofThe finest book ever written on nature and landscape in Britain' GuardianIn this masterpiece of nature writing, Nan Shepherd describes her journeys into the Cairngorm mountains of Scotland. There she encounters a world that can be breathtakingly beautiful at times and shockingly harsh at others. Her intense, poetic prose explores and records the rocks, rivers, creatures and hidden aspects of this remarkable landscape. Shepherd spent a lifetime in