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    A HEARTFELT LOVE OF NATURE

    Jul 23, 2020 4 minutes

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    VESPER FLIGHTS

    BY HELEN MACDONALD JONATHAN CAPE, £16.99 (HB)

    Six years ago, H Is for Hawk charged through the international bestseller lists and left its mark on nature writing with all the raw power of a goshawk in a forest. But instead of rushing out a follow-up, Helen Macdonald has since quietly focused on writing essays and features, often for the New Statesman or New Yorker.Fortyare collected here, undated and without commentary, and they’re stunning.

    If there’s a theme, it’s Macdonald’s love for the non-human world, and our complex relationship with other species and places. Her range is dizzying, however. Reminiscences from a rural Surrey childhood and thrilling encounters in the wild (glowworm nights, winter woods,

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