Review Where the Wild Winds Are is full to the brim with learning, entertainment, description, scientific fact and conjectural fiction. It is travel writing in excelsis. (Jan Morris Literary Review)A thrilling and gorgeous tale, packed with meteorological wonder. (Amy Liptrot, author of 'The Outrun')A quest both quixotic and entertainingly escapist. (Financial Times - Books of the Year)There are poignant moments of calm amid the tumult, insights that capture the joy of walking alone. (The Times Literary Supplement)An exuberant, invigorating blast of a book. (Michael Kerr Daily Telegraph - Books of the Year)A wonderful book; reading it is like being introduced to a gang of complex characters by an entertaining and erudite host. It has been a joy getting to know them better and in all their moods. (Tristan Gooley, author of 'The Walker's Guide to Outdoor Clues and Signs')Where the Wild Winds Are blew me away. (Seán Williams, Radio 3, Free Thinking)An ingenious idea that [Hunt] carries off with panache and aplomb. An extremely gifted writer . . . his writing here has agreeable echoes of Leigh Fermor's evocative prose. (New European)A pleasure from start to finish. (John Sandoe Books - Book of the Month)Nick Hunt's writing is powerful, playful, searching and often strikingly original. As he walks through the world, his journeys always reveal more than they set out to find. (Paul Kingsnorth, author of 'The Wake') Book Description The Stanford Dolman Award-shorlisted story of following the wind from the fells of Cumbria to the Alps, the Rhône to the Adriatic coast, to explore how these unseen powers affect the countries and cultures of Europe. See all Product description
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