{"product_id":"9780141049328-deep-country","title":"Deep Country","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFive Years in the Welsh Hills\u003cbr\u003eThe author spent five years spent alone in a hillside cottage in Wales. He immersed himself in the rugged British landscape, exploring nature's unspoilt wilderness and man's relationship with it. It is the story of what it means to live in a place so remote that you may not see another soul for weeks on end.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeep Country\u003c\/i\u003e is Neil Ansell's account of five years spent alone in a hillside cottage in Wales.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'I lived alone in this cottage for five years, summer and winter, with no transport, no phone. This is the story of those five years, where I lived and how I lived. It is the story of what it means to live in a place so remote that you may not see another soul for weeks on end. And it is the story of the hidden places that I came to call my own, and the wild creatures that became my society.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNeil Ansell immerses himself in the rugged British landscape, exploring nature's unspoilt wilderness and man's relationship with it. \u003ci\u003eDeep Country \u003c\/i\u003eis a celebration of rural life and the perfect read for fans of Robert Macfarlane's \u003ci\u003eLandmarks\u003c\/i\u003e, Helen Macdonald's \u003ci\u003eH is for Hawk \u003c\/i\u003eorJames Rebanks' \u003ci\u003eA Shepherd's Life\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A beautiful, translucent portrayal of mid-Wales'  Jay Griffiths\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Touching. Through Ansell's charming and thoroughly detailed stories of run-ins with red kites, curlews, sparrowhawks, jays and ravens, we see him lose himself . in the rhythms and rituals of life in the British wilderness'  \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Remarkable, fascinating'  \u003ci\u003eTime Out\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A gem of a book, an extraordinary tale. Ansell's rich prose will transport you to a real life Narnian world that CS Lewis would have envied. Find your deepest, most-comfortable armchair and get away from it all'  \u003ci\u003eCountryfile\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNeil Ansell spent five years living on a remote hillside in Wales, and wrote his first book, \u003ci\u003eDeep Country\u003c\/i\u003e, about the experience. Since that time, he has become an award-winning television journalist with the BBC. He has travelled in over fifty countries and has written for the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eBig Issue\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40942962737249,"sku":"9780141049328","price":9.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_39202358_c50e014f-f649-4f75-81e7-6c5de5b239fe.jpg?v=1767059607","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780141049328-deep-country","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}