Is a River Alive? Lurching from one comedic crisis

Lurching from one comedic crisis to the next

The house is a wreck and the town is struggling after their biggest employer shut down

set in London in 1944

New York Public Library

and returning guest rooms at the Regency Grand Hotel to a state of perfection

Is a River Alive? Lurching from one comedic crisisHailed in the New York Times as "a naturalist who can unfurl a sentence with the breathless ease of a master angler," Robert Macfarlane brings his glittering style to a profound work of travel writing, reportage, and natural history. Is a River Alive? is a joyful, mind expanding exploration of an ancient, urgent idea: that rivers are living beings who should be recognized as such in imagination and law. Macfarlane takes readers on three unforgettable