Is a River Alive? Norman Wirzba "God had not just sent

"God had not just sent his Messiah into the world

In the safe and hidden rooms where we

favor the plainspoken and the specific

or pigments made from oyster shell—as he considers the plants and wildlife on the land where he lives

a great sacrifice must be made

Is a River Alive? Norman Wirzba "God had not just sentHailed in the New York Times as "a naturalist who can unfurl a sentence with the breathless ease of a master angler," Robert Macfarlane brings his glittering style to a profound work of travel writing, reportage, and natural history. Is a River Alive? is a joyful, mind expanding exploration of an ancient, urgent idea: that rivers are living beings who should be recognized as such in imagination and law. Macfarlane takes readers on three unforgettable