{"product_id":"cry-of-the-wild-life-through-the-eyes-of-eight-animals-paperback","title":"Cry of the Wild: Life Through the Eyes of Eight Animals - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharles Foster\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Evocative and beautifully written, it's a deeply immersive read'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Enchanting and emotional...personifies its characters as they navigate the new wild and its trials.' \u003c\/b\u003eChris Packham \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Charles Foster is the most original voice in nature writing today - funny, urgent, poetic, philosophical and deeply moving' \u003c\/b\u003ePatrick Barkham \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Utterly exhilarating... This book demands we change our ways' \u003c\/b\u003eLee Schofield \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'There aren't many writers like Charles around... a deeply thought-provoking book' \u003c\/b\u003eJames Aldred \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Reading this book feels like being made suddenly omniscient. In other words, you \u003ci\u003ereally have to\u003c\/i\u003e' \u003c\/b\u003eTom Moorhouse \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Astonishingly playful, humorous, immensely varied and outrageously intelligent...\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe most inventive British writer presently at work on the theme of nature' \u003c\/b\u003eMark Cocker \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat is it like to live in a world built by humans? These eight genre-blending stories reveal the complexity, beauty and fragility of wild lives - a brilliantly modern twist on classics like \u003ci\u003eWatership Down \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eTarka the Otter\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWe have long since isolated ourselves from our fellow animals, banishing them into exile and dominating the land they once roamed. But still they endure on the edges of our existence: a fox grown strong on pepperoni pizza from the dustbins of the East End, a rabbit dodging a bullet, a gannet diving through an oil slick. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn spellbinding prose, Charles Foster gives us a bird's eye view, or indeed an orca's or an otter's, of the wonders and struggles of the natural world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt once exhilarating and deeply moving, \u003ci\u003eCry of the Wild\u003c\/i\u003e reconnects us with our animal side and brings us face to face, or whisker to whisker, with eight creatures (including humans) that we have pushed to the fringes, imploring us to change our ways.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharles Foster is a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author whose work has been longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize, shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize for nature writing, and won the Ig Nobel Prize for Biology and the 30 Millions d'Amis Prize. He is a fellow of Exeter College, University of Oxford, and has particular passions for Greece, waves, the Upper Palaeolithic, mountains and swifts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 18, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47476595359922,"sku":"9781804991756","price":24.82,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/ea3f010c5da207f3f48006849f2495e3.webp?v=1779185700","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/cry-of-the-wild-life-through-the-eyes-of-eight-animals-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}