Mountains of the Mind
A History of a Fascination
From the New York Times bestselling author of Is a River Alive? and Underland, a soaring blend of cultural history, meditation, and memoir about the mysteries of the world’s highest places and our unending quest for the summit
"Wonderfully illuminating.” —Los Angeles Times • “Fascinating.” —The New York Times Book Review
For those who love mountains, their wonder is beyond dispute. But for many, their allure is beyond reason; their extraordinary beauty offset by the immense risks involved in climbing them. In this groundbreaking and now classic work, Robert Macfarlane answers the enduring ‘why’ of mountaineering. He explores how mountains have come to grip the Western imagination and hold so many of us spellbound, drawing us up into the high places—sometimes…
Robert Macfarlane is the bestselling author of an award-winning trilogy of books about landscape and the human heart: Mountains of the Mind, The Wild Places, and The Old Ways. He is also the author of Landmarks and Holloway. His work has been translated into a dozen languages and is published in more than 20 countries, and his books have been widely adapted for TV, film, and radio by the BBC, among others. Macfarlane has contributed to Harper’s Magazine, Granta, The Observer (London), the Times Literary Supplement (London), and the London Review of Books. He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2012, and is currently a Fellow in English of Emmanuel College, Cambridge.
Is a River Alive?
Robert Macfarlane
Underland
Robert Macfarlane
The Gifts of Reading
Robert Macfarlane
Landmarks
Robert Macfarlane
The Old Ways
Robert Macfarlane
The Wild Places
Robert Macfarlane