SHORTLISTED FOR THE JHALAK PRIZE 2024

Shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize 2023 for Nature Writing

''Exquisite, luminous and quietly radical . . . utterly unique and refreshing'' Lucy Jones

Where nothing grows, moss is the spark that triggers new lifeEmbarking on a journey though landscape, memory and recovery, Elizabeth-Jane Burnett explores this mysterious, ancient marvel of the plant world, meditating on and renaming her favourite mosses – from Glowflake to Little Loss – and drawing inspiration from place, people and language itself.



''Fascinating, subtle and risk-taking . . . Poetry, descriptive-evocative prose, memory, memoir, natural history and more all drift and mingle in strikingly new ways'' Robert Macfarlane

Format Häftad Omfång 192 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Penguin Books Ltd Utgivningsdatum 2024-05-16 ISBN 9780141999548