IS A RIVER ALIVE?

From celebrated writer Robert Macfarlane comes this brilliant perspective-shifting new book which answers a resounding yes to the question of its title.At its heart is a single transformative idea: that rivers are not mere matter for human use but living beings who should be recognized as such in both imagination and law. Is a River Alive? takes the reader on an exhilarating exploration of the past present and futures of this ancient urgent concept.The book flows first to northern Ecuador where a miraculous cloud-forest and its rivers are threatened by goldmining.Then to the wounded rivers creeks and lagoons of southern India where a desperate battle to save the lives of these waterbodies is under way.And finally to north-eastern Quebec where a spectacular wild river the Mutehekau or Magpie is being defended from death by damming in a river-rights campaign.At once Macfarlanes most personal and most political book to date Is a River Alive? will open hearts spark debates and lead us to the revelation that our fate flows with that of rivers and always has