Robert Macfarlane, the illustrator Jackie Morris and the translator Daniela Seel magically rhythmically conjure up the fellow beings among whom we live and whose habitat we destroy.
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Burkhard Mueller
It’s always said that you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover – don’t judge a book by its cover. But this face of the book shouldn’t leave anyone who sees it in their bookstore untouched. It shows a barn owl swooping down on its prey out of the deep inky night, feathers splayed and claws stretched, a delightful watercolor snapshot, agile and energetic, delicate and firm like its subject, all plumage, in a way , as the corresponding photography could never manage.