num_pages: 288
description: In Outlandish acclaimed travel writer Nick Hunt takes us across landscapes that shouldnot be there wildernesses found in Europe yet seemingly belonging to far-off a patch of Arctic tundra in Scotland; the continent's largest surviving remnant of primevalforest in Poland and Belarus; Europe's only true desert in Spain; and the fathomlessgrassland steppes of Hungary.From snow-capped mountain range to dense green forest desert ravines to threadbareyellow open grassland these anomalies transport us to faraway regions of the world.More like pockets of Africa Asia the Poles or North America they make our owncontinent seem larger stranger and more filled with secrets.Against the rapid climate breakdown of deserts steppes and primeval jungles across theworld this book discovers the outlandish environments so much closer to home - alongwith their abundant reindeer; bison; ibex; wolves and herds of wild horses.Blending sublime travel writing nature writing and history - by way of Paleolithic cave artreindeer nomads desert wanderers shamans Slavic forest gods European bison WildWest fantasists eco-activists horseback archers Big Grey Men and other unlikely spiritsof place - these desolate and rich environments show us that the strange has always beennear.
language: English
title: Outlandish: Walking Europe’s Unlikely Landscapes
publisher: Nicholas Brealey