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The Hidden Fires
A Cairngorms Journey with Nan Shepherd
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The Hidden Fires: A Cairngorms Journey with Nan Shepherdis a response to Nan Shepherd'sThe Living Mountain. Drawing from the author's upbringing in the Himalayas and gradual adaptation to Scotland's hills, Merryn Glover contrasts her own Cairngorm experiences with Shepherd's.
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Elemental, fierce and full of wonder, the Cairngorm mountains are the high and rocky heart of Scotland. To know them would take forever, to love them demands a kind of courageous surrender.
In The Hidden Fires, Merryn Glover undertakes that challenge with Nan Shepherd as companion and guiding light. Following in the footsteps and contours of The Living Mountain, she explores the same landscapes and themes as Shepherd's seminal work. This is a journey separated by time but unified by space and purpose, a conversation between two women across nearly a century that explores how entering the life of a mountain can illuminate our own.
An Australian who grew up in the Himalayas, her early experiences of the Scottish hills and weather left her cold. But gradually acclimatising and with an approach like Shepherd's, that is more mountain wandering than mountaineering, she discovers the spark that sets the hills and herself on fire. Through Glover's deepening encounter, the wild majesty and iridescence of the Cairngorms is revealed in this beautiful evocation of landscape, place and identity.
Merryn Glover's The Hidden Fires is not just brave, it is remarkable – Sir John Lister-Kaye
A book about homecoming and homemaking, of noticing and belonging. It is a joyous celebration of the process of finding yourself – Kerri Andrews, author of Wanderers: A History of Women Walking
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The Hidden Fires by Merryn Glover is widely praised for its evocative and immersive portrayal of the Cairngorm mountains, reflecting on themes of homecoming and self-discovery. Drawing inspiration from Nan Shepherd, the book is celebrated for its beautiful and personal narrative about nature's impact on the soul. Reviewers commend its distinct and captivating writing style, noting its ability to convey both the mystical and elemental aspects of the landscape.
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ISBN: 9781846975752
Publisher: Birlinn General
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 02 March 2023
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Polygon An Imprint of Birlinn Limited
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 20.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 357g
Pages: 240
About the Author
Merryn Glover was born in a former Rana palace in Kathmandu and grew up in Nepal, India and Pakistan. Her first major work was a stage play, The Long Way Home, which was broadcast on Radio Scotland. She has written three further radio plays for Radio 4 and Radio Scotland. Merryn's first novel, A House Called Askival (2014), was published by Freight. Her second, Of Stone and Sky (2021) was published by Polygon and is set in the Highlands where she now lives. In 2019, she was appointed the first Writer in Residence for the Cairngorms National Park.
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