- Paperback: 240 pages
- Publisher: Black Swan; New edition edition (1 April 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0552770779
- ISBN-13: 978-0552770774
- Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.6 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 656,147 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The Sunday Times
'Clarke has unsentimentally delineated the whole unresolvable dichotomy of human progress versus the natural world...a marvellous, timely and beautiful work'
Guardian
'A bustling compendium of river-life...not so much stream-of-consciousness as consciousness of a stream...Clarke's novel is a challenge and an education'
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Ever noticed how having children is central to so many of our lives and yet there are almost no songs about it? So it is with novels about the the environment. There are now thousands of non-fiction books on the subject, it's in the media on a daily basis, but there are no really good works of fiction on the subject.
Except this one. It tells the tale of the life of a stream. Much of the book concerns moss, fish and birds. Nearby, a bypass is to be built. Little by little, the life of the stream, which has remained unchanged for years, is changed by human intervention.
There are no villains here. Unless we're all the villains of the piece these days. The damage caused to the life of the stream is unintentional and almost unobserved by humans. But change it does.
It's a parable, of course. As we are doing to the stream, so we are doing to the whole world.
It's wise writing, but an easy read. Teenagers can certainly read and appreciate this book.
And so I warmly recommend this book to you. And hope there will be other books as good as this in days to come.
Except this one. It tells the tale of the life of a stream. Much of the book concerns moss, fish and birds. Nearby, a bypass is to be built. Little by little, the life of the stream, which has remained unchanged for years, is changed by human intervention.
There are no villains here. Unless we're all the villains of the piece these days. The damage caused to the life of the stream is unintentional and almost unobserved by humans. But change it does.
It's a parable, of course. As we are doing to the stream, so we are doing to the whole world.
It's wise writing, but an easy read. Teenagers can certainly read and appreciate this book.
And so I warmly recommend this book to you. And hope there will be other books as good as this in days to come.
Format:Paperback
As a non fisher person, but a lover of rivers, riverlife, canoeing and use of rivers for recreation, this book had a powerful impact on me. The tale wove me into it. I now look at the river differently- I live on the River Wye. I know more about how the fish stay in an area, the fish pecking order and the effect on the fish by what is done on and in the river and more. I am more careful, more observant and more repectful of our river. Thank you, Brian Clarke.
0 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I wish I was a better writer and had more time as with limits in both areas I really can't adequately express how bad this book is. What's worse is I read it becasue of the large number of glowing reviews from numerous sources. I'm an angler, naturalist and former professional ecologist and conservationist. As such I have enormous sympathy with the message that Brian Clarke is trying to get across. However, that is part of the problem for me as the book is less a story and more a sermon. As such it is both predictable, limited, turgid and pompous. It fails totally as a novel for the weak story, lack of characterisation or rythym, and poor writing. I feel that people can only have praised it because they like the message rather than as a novel. For me its more an exercise in political correctness than a novel. I was reluctant to give it 1 star as I feel it deserved no stars at all; or maybe they could have negative stars for books like this. A shame really as Brian Clarke can be a great writer at times.
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