Tag: Michelle Paver

Reading makes me happy. When I can combine it with my love for the Great Outdoors, I am positively elated. This entwining of two wonderful things can happen two ways: by taking my books out into the wilderness, or by reading about the Great Outdoors while under a roof. Here I want to write about three books that deal with the wilds beyond civilisation. Each describes how humans interact with wilderness, and measure themselves against it, sometimes with tragic results. …