Václav Cílek’s exploration of how human existence shapes and is shaped by a sense of place, was chosen by British travel writer, Robert Macfarlane, who had the following to say about his choice:
Václav Cílek is a Czech geologist who is also an exceptional essayist. Landscape is his inexhaustible subject both as scientist and writer, and To Breathe With Birds (Pennsylvania) – the first of his major books to be translated into English – works with both the long view and the closeup to explore subjects as various as asphalt, snowflakes and vigilance. It’s hard to resist a book with chapter titles that include “The Standard Central Bohemian Vision”, “Bees of the Invisible” and “The Masked Moose”.
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