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Is a River Alive?

Is a River Alive?

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From celebrated writer Robert Macfarlane comes this brilliant, perspective-shifting new book which answers a resoundingyesto the question of its title.At its heart is a single,...

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From celebrated writer Robert Macfarlane comes this brilliant, perspective-shifting new book which answers a resoundingyesto the question of its title.

At its heart is a single, transformative idea: that rivers are not mere matter for human use, but living beings who should be recognized as such in both imagination and law.Is a River Alive?takes the reader on an exhilarating exploration of the past, present and futures of this ancient, urgent concept.

The book flows first tonorthern Ecuador, where a miraculous cloud-forest and its rivers are threatened by goldmining.

Then, to the wounded rivers, creeks and lagoons ofsouthern India, where a desperate battle to save the lives of these waterbodies is under way.

And finally, tonorth-eastern Quebec, where a spectacular wild river the Mutehekau or Magpie is being defended from death by damming in a river-rights campaign.

At once Macfarlanes most personal and most political book to date,Is a River Alive?will open hearts, spark debates and lead us to the revelation that our fate flows with that of rivers and always has

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