In Sightlines , Kathleen Jamie reports from the field--from her native Scottish byways and hills to the frigid Arctic in fourteen enthralling essays. She dissects whatever her gaze falls upon--vistas of cells beneath a hospital microscope, orcas rounding a headland, the aurora borealis lighting up the frozen sea. In so doing, she questions what, exactly, constitutes nature, and upends the idea that it is always picturesque. Written with precision, subtlety, and wry humor, Sightlines urges the listener: Keep looking, ...
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In Sightlines , Kathleen Jamie reports from the field--from her native Scottish byways and hills to the frigid Arctic in fourteen enthralling essays. She dissects whatever her gaze falls upon--vistas of cells beneath a hospital microscope, orcas rounding a headland, the aurora borealis lighting up the frozen sea. In so doing, she questions what, exactly, constitutes nature, and upends the idea that it is always picturesque. Written with precision, subtlety, and wry humor, Sightlines urges the listener: Keep looking, even when there's nothing much to see.
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Good+ Winner of the 2014 Orion Book Award for Nonfiction Winner of the John Burroughs Association 2014 Medal for Distinguished Natural History Book In Sightlines, Kathleen Jamie reports from the fieldâ”from her native Scottish "byways and hills" to the frigid Arctic in fourteen enthralling essays. She dissects whatever her gaze falls uponâ”vistas of cells beneath a hospital microscope, orcas rounding a headland, the aurora borealis lighting up the frozen sea. In so doing, she questions what, exactly, constitutes "nature, " and upends the idea that it is always picturesque. Written with precision, subtlety, and wry humor, Sightlines urges the reader: "Keep looking, even when there's nothing much to see."
