Tarka the otter: his joyful water-life and death in the country of the two rivers / by Henry Williamson
1940, Reprint. Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England: Penguin. Poor paperback copy. Pages and dust-toned, wrappers nicked and edge-dulled. Text remains clear. Item #333919
Physical description: 192 pages: portrait; 18 cm. Summary: Tarka the otter pursues an active life, sometimes playful and sometimes dangerous, in the Devonshire countryside. Set along the Rivers Taw and Torridge in north Devon, the novel follows the birth, life and inevitable death of Tarka in vivid and lyrical prose that reflects Williamson's intimate study of the natural world. Written from the perspective of the otter, Williamson's narrative is empathetic but unsentimental. Tarka roams and crosses the landscape, encountering other animals, finding mates and surviving in an environment that is at times brutal. This is also fundamentally a tale of the hunted animal: moments of peace are interrupted by the sound of the otter hunt, culminating in an account of the final chase and battle between Tarka and the hound, Deadlock. In recent years Tarka has been interpreted as an allegory of war. Subjects: Otters; Fiction. Otters -- Fiction. Stream animals -- Fiction. Nature stories. Devon (England) -- Fiction. Otters. Genre: Fiction. Illustrated.
Price: €18.00