V roce 2012 se součástí Nakladatelství Slovart stalo nakladatelství Brio. Nakladatelství Brio vydávalo ve spolupráci s předními spisovateli a výtvarníky nádherně ilustrované originální příběhy a sbírky pohádek pro děti od šesti do dvanácti let. Pro starší děti, mládež a dospělé Brio nabízelo sebrané spisy pohádek a bajek od renomovaných spisovatelů, doplněné o to nejlepší z klasické literatury celého světa. V této tradici pokračujeme také my v rámci stejnojmenné edice.
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A nature diary by award-winning novelist, nature writer and hit podcaster Melissa Harrison, following her journey from urban south London to the rural Suffolk countryside.
'A writer of great gifts.' ROBERT MACFARLANE 'The journal of a writer to compare to Thomas Hardy. Melissa Harrison is among our most celebrated nature writers.' JOHN CAREY, THE TIMES
A Londoner for over twenty years, moving from flat to Tube to air-conditioned office, Melissa Harrison knew what it was to be insulated from the seasons. Adopting a dog and going on daily walks helped reconnect her with the cycle of the year and the quiet richness of nature all around her: swifts nesting in a nearby church; ivy-leaved toadflax growing out of brick walls; the first blackbird's song; an exhilarating glimpse of a hobby over Tooting Common.
Moving from scrappy city verges to ancient, rural Suffolk, where Harrison eventually relocates, this diary - compiled from her beloved Nature Notebook column in The Times - maps her joyful engagement with the natural world and demonstrates how we must first learn to see, and then act to preserve, the beauty we have on our doorsteps - no matter where we live.
A perceptive and powerful call-to-arms written in mesmerising prose, The Stubborn Light of Things confirms Harrison as a central voice in British nature writing.
Review
A writer of great gifts. -- Robert Macfarlane
A nature writer if ever there was one. -- Ali Smith
A perfect bedside book, and Harrison makes an ideal literary guide: unshowy, sensitive and knowledgeable.
-- Andrew Holgate ― Sunday Times, Best Nature Books of the Year
The journal of a writer to compare to Thomas Hardy . Melissa Harrison is among our most celebrated nature writers. -- John Carey ― The Times
Melissa Harrison's enchanting nature diary celebrates the hawthorn, the pigeons and the blackbirds that she sees around her in south London . . . Turning journalistic snippets into longform doesn't always work, but the effect in this instance is powerful, highlighting not only the importance of appreciating the beauty in our towns and cities, but also the need to recognise how much is being lost and destroyed in the countryside.
-- Patrick Galbraith ― The Times
A nature diary that shows off Harrison's eye for the world around her and encourages the reader to look harder too. Illustrations by Joanna Lisowiec help make this a visual treat, but it's Harrison's way with words that will linger with you.
-- Teddy Jamieson ― The Herald
[Harrison] reflects on the changing habitat around her with passionate understanding and gentle encouragement that we follow suit. -- Hannah Beckerman ― Guardian
If you haven't heard Harrison's soul-soothing podcast, then this eponymous nature diary, following her move from south London to the Suffolk countryside, should be a joyful reason to do so. It's the perfect companion piece to this chronicle of her journey to uncover the nature that lurks, often unnoticed, on our doorsteps wherever we live, and celebrate its way of signalling the seasons. -- Sarah Barrell ― National Geographic
There's something for every flora and fauna enthusiast in Melissa Harrison's new book . inspirational. ― BBC Wildlife Magazine
[A] beguiling nature diary ... far from a cliched book about escaping mean city streets for a rural idyll ... Harrison maps her joyful engagement with the natural world in both places, showing that we must learn to see, and act to preserve, the beauty we have on our doorsteps, wherever we live. -- Caroline Sanderson ― The Bookseller, Editor's Choice
The Stubborn Light of Things is charged with the nature that's on so many of our doorsteps . Harrison has an easy, conversational style that offers up these gems in a way that somehow matches their easy beauty . Harrison's a deeply friendly presence in the book . a gift of a guide, and a gift of a writer. -- Katherine Venn ― Caught by the River, Book of the Month
If you've never read nature-writing before, or you have and you're not sure about it, or if you revel in it - then this book is for you. It's for your loved ones. It's for everyone. ― The Little Bookery Blog
Reading The Stubborn Light of Things is like stumbling headlong into a bath of joy. ― Bookmunch
In terms of art, possibly the best thing to come out of 2020 was Melissa Harrison's podcast series, The Stubborn Light of Things . Knowledgeable, authoritative, challenging - yet reassuring - this is a brilliant book for anyone who has reconnected with nature this year. Or, indeed, should reconnect!' -- Hereward Corbett ― Cotswold Life
About the Author
Melissa Harrison is a nature writer and columnist for The Times, the Weekend FT and the Guardian. Her debut novel Clay (2013) won the Portsmouth First Fiction Award and was chosen by Ali Smith as a Book of the Year. Her second novel, At Hawthorn Time, was shortlisted for the 2015 Costa Novel Award and was longlisted for the 2016 Bailey's Women's Prize for Fiction. She lives in south London.
