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The Field By The River: Uncovering the Nature of Country Life | 
| Author: Ken Burnett
Publisher: Portico
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 34199
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 445
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.3 x 1.8
ISBN: 1906032327
EAN: 9781906032326
ASIN: 1906032327
Publication Date: July 5, 2008
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Is there room for another "countryside" book? July 1, 2008
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
This book has been available for a couple of weeks in a certain large independent bookshop in London and is the latest in an increasingly long line of pastoral books written by someone who is lucky enough to be in a position to retreat into the country and luckily for us is in a position to describe the country in such an eloquent and interesting way. Written as a month by month almanac this book is more than just a "countryside" book. There are discussions on farming practice, mainly as pertaining to the part of Brittany where the author now lives and where the book is largely set, but also leads off on various tangents, most of which reflect the author's thoughts on how man is changing the countryside.
Not a travel book, not a memoir, not a "nature" book, yet all of these things, this book has already been described as a new "year in provence" which doesn't really do it justice as Ken Burnett does not have the smug self satisfaction that came across (at least for me) in that book.
This is a much "earthier" book and is all the better for it.
A lovely summer read
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