The Savage Landscape
How We Made the Wilderness
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The Savage Landscape
Narrateur(s):
Cal Flyn
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From the blacksand beaches of Iceland, to river crossings deep in the Amazon jungle, to the barren beauty of Antarctica, wildernesses make up some of the world's more alluring natural landscapes. But what is a wilderness, really? It is a powerful, ancient concept, lying at the intersection of landscape, philosophy, and ecology. And for thousands of years, people have sought out uncontrolled, unknown, or uncharted nature in search of religious epiphany, self-actualization, and an escape from modern life. More recently these “pristine” places have been seen as the subject of a last effort to repair a planet imperiled by humans.
But as award-winning writer Cal Flyn traverses the most forbidding, untamed and inhospitable wild lands—the supposedly uninhabited wilds of the world—she finds that such truly untouched lands don't exist: Nearly every wilderness has been or is actively inhabited by humans. Here we meet ascetics in search of theophany in the desert; lonely shepherds running off wolves under the stars; missionaries preaching from shacks deep in the jungle; wise lamas meditating under lofty mountain peaks.
The Savage Landscape takes us into these breathtaking wilds—deep into dark forests, to the tops of mountains, and into the hearts of deserts—asking provocative questions about the nature of wilderness, its preservation, and its meaning.
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“Cal Flyn goes looking for answers to a troublesome question: what is wilderness? The Savage Landscape is a book of searching in the best sense—full of ideas, beauty, doubts, and adventures.”
—Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sixth Extinction
“Cal Flyn is one of the most exciting writers around—for the poetry and precision of her prose, for the vast scope of her learning, for her fearless (and self-questioning) spirit. In The Savage Landscape, she opens one door after another, to wonder, to terror, to rich and mixed feelings, so that we can see the world anew and in all its deepest dimensions. This book is at once thrilling adventure and bracing meditation.”
—Pico Iyer, bestselling author of Aflame
“Profound, exhilarating, and suffused with nuanced wit and insight. The Savage Landscape is essential and deeply rewarding reading for all who seek to understand the wild in our psyches and in the world. Flyn’s explorations are bold, sometimes terrifyingly so, and subtly attuned to paradox, fracture, and beauty. A must-read: put this book on the top of your list.”
—David George Haskell, two-time Pulitzer finalist and author of How Flowers Made our World
“Cal Flyn examines our relationship with the wild places of the earth—and the meaning of wilderness itself—with an unflinching eye. The Savage Landscape is a beguiling book: by turns lyrical, learned, and provocative.”
—Ed Caesar, author of The Moth and the Mountain
“Sublime and uplifting. Throughout history, people have been drawn to the wild to seek beauty, wealth, God, or themselves. Encroached upon and endangered today, Cal Flyn reveals how much we can still discover in wilderness, both as an idea and a vital part of the living world.”
—David Farrier, author of Nature's Genius
“A deep, personal and transporting exploration of what we think nature is and, by extension, who we think we are too. In Flyn's wise hands, our relationship with the more than human world is revealed to be the most important relationship of all.”
—Ben Rawlence, author of The Treeline
“A thrilling, tender, acute tour through the wildernesses of the world outside us and the far wilder worlds inside. Why does the desolate allure? It’s an urgently important, complex question. We need to know for the sake of our souls, our politics, and our planet. Flyn is the perfect guide.”
—Charles Foster, author of Cry of the Wild
“Fascinating and masterfully written, Cal Flyn’s The Savage Landscape is an exploration of wildness in both nature and humankind. Brilliant!”
—Alice Winn, author of In Memoriam
—Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sixth Extinction
“Cal Flyn is one of the most exciting writers around—for the poetry and precision of her prose, for the vast scope of her learning, for her fearless (and self-questioning) spirit. In The Savage Landscape, she opens one door after another, to wonder, to terror, to rich and mixed feelings, so that we can see the world anew and in all its deepest dimensions. This book is at once thrilling adventure and bracing meditation.”
—Pico Iyer, bestselling author of Aflame
“Profound, exhilarating, and suffused with nuanced wit and insight. The Savage Landscape is essential and deeply rewarding reading for all who seek to understand the wild in our psyches and in the world. Flyn’s explorations are bold, sometimes terrifyingly so, and subtly attuned to paradox, fracture, and beauty. A must-read: put this book on the top of your list.”
—David George Haskell, two-time Pulitzer finalist and author of How Flowers Made our World
“Cal Flyn examines our relationship with the wild places of the earth—and the meaning of wilderness itself—with an unflinching eye. The Savage Landscape is a beguiling book: by turns lyrical, learned, and provocative.”
—Ed Caesar, author of The Moth and the Mountain
“Sublime and uplifting. Throughout history, people have been drawn to the wild to seek beauty, wealth, God, or themselves. Encroached upon and endangered today, Cal Flyn reveals how much we can still discover in wilderness, both as an idea and a vital part of the living world.”
—David Farrier, author of Nature's Genius
“A deep, personal and transporting exploration of what we think nature is and, by extension, who we think we are too. In Flyn's wise hands, our relationship with the more than human world is revealed to be the most important relationship of all.”
—Ben Rawlence, author of The Treeline
“A thrilling, tender, acute tour through the wildernesses of the world outside us and the far wilder worlds inside. Why does the desolate allure? It’s an urgently important, complex question. We need to know for the sake of our souls, our politics, and our planet. Flyn is the perfect guide.”
—Charles Foster, author of Cry of the Wild
“Fascinating and masterfully written, Cal Flyn’s The Savage Landscape is an exploration of wildness in both nature and humankind. Brilliant!”
—Alice Winn, author of In Memoriam
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