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Podcast: Behind the Mic With Kirkus Reviews
Episode: THE LIVING MOUNTAIN by Nan Shepherd, read by Tilda Swinton, Robert Macfarlane [Intro.], Jenny Odell [Afterword]
Description: Join AudioFile’s Alan Minskoff and Host Jo Reed as they share an audiobook for the soul. This exquisite work of nature writing celebrating Scotland’s Cairngorms mountains remains a classic of ecological observation. Tilda Swinton’s rendition of Nan Shepherd’s poetic prose mesmerizes. Her tone is exceptionally clear, her pace adds drama, and her style of narrating is immersive. Written in the 1940s, the book remained unpublished until the 1970s. Shepherd appreciated these mountains in all seasons and lived near them for much of her life. The language sings, “Nothing is so ghostly as mist over snow.”
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