Book description
Deep Country is Neil Ansell's account of five years spent
alone in a hillside cottage in Wales.
'I lived alone in this cottage for five years, summer and
winter, with no transport, no phone. This is the story of those five
years, where I lived and how I lived. It is the story of what it means
to live in a place so remote that you may not see another soul for
weeks on end. And it is the story of the hidden places that I came to
call my own, and the wild creatures that became my society.'
'A beautiful, translucent portrayal of mid-Wales' Jay Griffiths
'Touching. Through Ansell's charming and thoroughly detailed stories
of run-ins with red kites, curlews, sparrowhawks, jays and ravens, we
see him lose himself . . . in the rhythms and rituals of life in the
British wilderness' Financial Times
'Remarkable, fascinating' Time Out
'A gem of a book, an extraordinary tale. Ansell's rich prose will
transport you to a real life Narnian world that CS Lewis would have
envied. Find your deepest, most-comfortable armchair and get away from
it all' Countryfile
Neil Ansell spent five years living on a remote hillside in Wales,
and wrote his first book, Deep Country, about the experience.
Since that time, he has become an award-winning television journalist
with the BBC. He has travelled in over fifty countries and has written
for the Guardian, the New Statesman and the Big Issue.
Neil Ansell spent five years living on a remote hillside in Wales,
and wrote his first book,
Deep Country
, about the experience. Since the five years he spent there, he has
become an award-winning television journalist with the BBC. He has
travelled in over fifty countries and has written for the
Guardian
, the
New Statesman
and the
Big Issue
.
