COMMON GROUND

Book ID/图书代码： 12844015B80539

English Summary/英文概要： ’Sensitive, thoughtful and poetic, Rob Cowen rakes over a scrap of land with forensic care, until the ordinary becomes extraordinary.’ Michael Palin

’I am dreaming of the edge-land again’

After moving from London to a new home in Yorkshire, Rob Cowen finds himself on unfamiliar territory, disoriented, hemmed in by winter and yearning for the nearest open space. So one night, he sets out to find it – a pylon-slung edge-land, a tangle of wood, meadow, field and river on the outskirts of town. Despite being in the shadow of thousands of houses, it feels unclaimed, forgotten, caught between worlds, and all the more magical for it.

Obsessively revisiting this contested ground, Cowen ventures deeper into its many layers and lives, documenting its changes through time and season and unearthing histories that profoundly resonate and intertwine with transformative events happening in his own life. Blurring the boundaries of memoir, natural history and novel, Common Ground offers nothing less than an enthralling new way of writing about nature and our experiences within it. We encounter the edge-land’s inhabitants in immersive, kaleidoscopic detail as their voices and visions rise from the fields and woods: beasts, birds, insects, plants and people – the beggars, sages and lovers across the ages. Startlingly personal and poetic, this is a unique portrait of a forgotten realm and a remarkable evocation of how, over the course of a year, a man came to know himself once more by unlocking it. But, above all, this is a book that reasserts a vital truth: nature isn’t just found in some remote mountain or protected park. It is all around us. It is in us. It is us.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： “细腻、严谨、富有诗意，Rob Cowen以学术性的眼光回顾了那片土地上发生的点点滴滴，看似平凡的事物变得不平凡。” —— Michael Palin “我又梦到了那片边缘土地。” 从伦敦搬到约克郡的新家后，Rob Cowen发现自己对周遭的地区十分陌生。于是，某天晚上，他开始探索这片土地——一片到处悬挂着电缆的边缘土地，丛林、牧场、田野、河流交织在一起的郊区。尽管附近有千家万户，但却感受不到归属感，一种被遗忘的失落感油然而生…… 再次回到这片有争议的土地，Cowen深入地探索了这里的生命，记录下了不同时间、不同季节的变化，发掘了它背后的历史，而这些，都与作者人生中的重大事件相交织，产生了共鸣。这既是一本回忆录，又是一部自然历史，也可以说是一部小说。《共同的土地》开创了一种书写自然和个人经历的新方式。本书语言优美，富有个人情怀，从独特的角度详细刻画了那片被遗忘的国度，更重要的是，它再次揭露了一个事实：并非只有遥远的山区或者自然保护区才有所谓的“大自然”，自然就在我们的身边，它存在于我们的心里，与我们融为一体。（LYR）

Awards/获奖情况：“只有特别的作者，才有灵感将每天的生活写出不可思议的感觉。Rob Cowen创造了不平凡的故事：用优美的笔锋书写了一段特别的经历。《共同的土地》从全新的角度审视了我们熟悉的土地，令我们重新思考：我们是否真正了解自己居住的这个世界；帮助我们理解联系我们与自然的纽带。”—— Joanne Harris

“细腻、严谨、富有诗意，Rob Cowen以学术性的眼光回顾了那片土地上发生的点点滴滴，带领我们从全新的视角看待世界。” —— Michael Palin

“这本书非常动人、扣人心弦，深入地刻画了一个破旧、残败的世界中的生存、忍耐和自然复原力。”——Tim Dee，作者。

“构思大胆，语言优美，细腻地描述了人生中重要的转折点，清晰、慎密地描绘了那片土地。”——Melissa Harrison

“真诚，深刻，优美，动人。”——Tristan Gooley

"It takes a special kind of writer to make magic from the everyday. Rob Cowen has created something extraordinary; a journey into the Northern dreamtime in starkly beautiful prose. Common Ground gives us a new perspective on familiar places; makes us think again about what we think we know of our world; helps us understand the links that bind us to our landscape, and, like Blake, makes us see Heaven in a wild flower." -- Joanne Harris "Sensitive, thoughtful and poetic. Rob Cowen rakes over a scrap of land with forensic care, leading us into a whole new way of looking at the world." -- Michael Palin "Marvellously moving, this thrilling book is as big as any I know. A deep-mined and lovingly made account of survival, endurance and natural resilience in our old and broken world ... Heart-stoppingly beautiful." -- Tim Dee author of The Running Sky and Four Fields "Formally brave, beautifully written; an intimate account of one of life’s great turning points, and a luminous, painstaking exploration of place." -- Melissa Harrison "Heartfelt, deep, beautiful and moving." -- Tristan Gooley

About the Author/作者介绍： ROB COWEN是一名获奖记者，目前负责两份报纸的专栏，分别是《独立报》的“关于树木的故事”和《电讯报》的“户外”。《卫报》将其评为英国最棒的自然作家之一。 Rob定期上电视和广播节目，谈论自然和我们与自然的关系。此外，他还在各类场合发表演说、为各类机构组织关于自然的研讨会，其中包括英国自然保护团体“National Trust ”及英国军队。

ROB COWEN is an award-winning journalist who currently writes two newspaper columns: one on woodland, ’Tales from the trees’ for the Independent and one on the outdoors, ’Get out more’ for the Telegraph. The Guardian cited him as ’one of the UK’s most exciting nature writers’ and he has previously been granted the Roger Deakin Award by the Society of Authors for his co-authored ’how to’ guide, Skimming Stones and Other Ways of Being in the Wild. Rob regularly appears on TV and radio to talk nature and our relationship with it. His BBC Radio 3 documentary ’The Ospreys of Loch Garten’ was broadcast in 2013 and he recently advised on and featured in the film ’Project Wild Thing’, about nature deficit disorder. Rob also delivers speeches and workshops on nature and landscape for a wide range of organisations including The National Trust and the British Army, and at festivals and literary events.

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