James Rebanks

Enchanting TelegraphMiraculous Isabella TreeExquisite FTFrom the No.1 bestselling author of The Shepherd's Life, an unforgettable story of friendship, redemption and a life-changing voyage of discovery on a remote Norwegian islandHow far do you have to go to find yourself?One afternoon many years ago, James Rebanks met an old woman on a remote Norwegian island. She lived and worked alone on a tiny rocky outcrop, caring for wild Eider ducks and gathering their down. Hers was a centuries-old trade that had once made men and women rich, but had long been in decline. Still, somehow, she seemed to be hanging on.Back at home, Rebanks couldnt stop thinking about the woman on the rocks. She was fierce and otherworldly and yet strangely familiar. Years passed. Then, one day, he wrote her a letter, asking if he could return. Bring work clothes, she replied, and good boots, and come quickly: her health was failing. And so he travelled to the edge of the Arctic to witness her last season on the island.

Some people s lives are entirely their own creations James Rebanks isn t The first son of a shepherd who was the first son of a shepherd himself he and his family have lived and worked in and around the Lake District for generations Their way of life is ordered by the seasons and the work they demand and has been for hundreds of years

Evocador, vital, iluminador, La vida del pastor es el cautivante retrato de una forma de vida en peligro de extinción.Galardonado con el premio The Lakeland al mejor libro del año.«Esta es mi vida, n

Evocador, vital, iluminador, La vida del pastor es el cautivante retrato de una forma de vida en peligro de extinción. Galardonado con el premio The Lakeland al mejor libro del año. "Esta es mi vida, no quiero ninguna otra".James Rebanks Hay personas cuyas vidas son sus propias creaciones. No es el caso de James Rebanks. Hijo mayor de un pastor que era a su vez el hijo mayor de otro pastor, su familia lleva generaciones viviendo y trabajando en el Lake District, una de las zonas mas hermosas de Inglaterra. Su modo de vida se ajusta a las estaciones y a las labores que estas exigen, como ha ocurrido desde hace siglos. Solo un vikingo entenderia un trabajo como el suyo: llevar las ovejas a los prados en verano y recoger el heno; acudir a las ferias de otoño donde se completan los rebaños; conseguir que la manada sobreviva durante el invierno; y ayudar en el nacimiento de los corderos en primavera, cuando las ovejas se preparan para volver a los prados. La vida del pastor es un cautivante relato sobre el oficio de la familia Rebanks, pero sobre todo es un libro que nos habla de la tradicion, las raices y el sentimiento de pertenencia, tan denostado en esta era de innovacion y movilidad con

Evocador, vital, iluminador,La vida del pastor es el cautivante retrato de una forma de vida en peligro de extinción.«Esta es mi vida, no quiero ninguna otra.»James RebanksHay personas cuyas vidas s

The sunday times nature book of the year. the new bestseller from the author of the shepherds life. a beautifully written story of a family, a home and a changing landscape nigel slater . as a boy, james rebankss grandfather taught him to work the land the old way. their family farm in the lake district hills was part of an ancient agricultural landscape: a patchwork of crops and meadows, of pastures grazed with livestock, and hedgerows teeming with wildlife. and yet, by the time james inherited the farm, it was barely recognisable. the men and women had vanished from the fields; the old stone barns had crumbled; the skies had emptied of birds and their wind-blown song. . english pastoral is the story of an inheritance: one that affects us all. it tells of how rural landscapes around the world were brought close to collapse, and the age-old rhythms of work, weather, community and wild things were lost. and yet this elegy from the northern fells is also a song of hope: of how, guided by the past, one farmer began to salvage a tiny corner of england that was now his, doing his best to restore the life that had vanished and to leave a legacy for the future. . this is a book about what it means to have love and pride in a place, and how, against all the odds, it may still be possible to build a new pastoral: not a utopia, but somewhere decent for us all.. a heartfelt book and one that dares to hope alan bennett. a wonder of a book, fierce, tender, and beautiful helen macdonaldwinner of the wainwright prizewinner of the fortnum & mason food book of the yearshortlisted for the orwell prizeshortlisted for the ondaatje prize longlisted for the rathbones folio prize