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SHORTLISTED FOR THE JHALAK PRIZE 2024

Shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize 2023 for Nature Writing

''Exquisite, luminous and quietly radical . . . utterly unique and refreshing'' Lucy Jones

Where nothing grows, moss is the spark that triggers new life. Embarking on a journey though landscape, memory and recovery, Elizabeth-Jane Burnett explores this mysterious, ancient marvel of the plant world, meditating on and renaming her favourite mosses from Glowflake to Little Loss and drawing inspiration from place, people and language itself.

''Fascinating, subtle and risk-taking . . . Poetry, descriptive-evocative prose, memory, memoir, natural history and more all drift and mingle in strikingly new ways'' Robert Macfarlane

Twelve Words for Moss

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
      Published 1/16/2024
      ISBN-13 9780141999548
      978-0141999548
      ISBN-10 141999543

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      SHORTLISTED FOR THE JHALAK PRIZE 2024

      Shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize 2023 for Nature Writing

      ''Exquisite, luminous and quietly radical . . . utterly unique and refreshing'' Lucy Jones

      Where nothing grows, moss is the spark that triggers new life. Embarking on a journey though landscape, memory and recovery, Elizabeth-Jane Burnett explores this mysterious, ancient marvel of the plant world, meditating on and renaming her favourite mosses from Glowflake to Little Loss and drawing inspiration from place, people and language itself.

      ''Fascinating, subtle and risk-taking . . . Poetry, descriptive-evocative prose, memory, memoir, natural history and more all drift and mingle in strikingly new ways'' Robert Macfarlane

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