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High-Country Lark: ISBN: 9781877460142 Release: 10-2008 Subject: NZ Non-fiction - General/Outdoor Enthusiasts Format: Paperback/flexibind RRP: NZ$44.99 |
An unusual summons from an old, itinerant
acquaintance — known as the Lark — piques
author Neville Peat’s curiosity. The invitation
to meet in the mountains around Glenorchy is timely:
he’s keen to head into the high country to investigate
recent reports of sightings of the near-extinct kökako.
The South Island high country has an allure all its own. New Zealand’s equivalent of the Wild West, it’s a rustic, spectacularly beautiful frontier, combining wild alpine beauty, beech forest and mirror-still lakes. The Head of Lake Wakatipu has attracted Mäori for the dazzling local pounamu; its sublime beauty has seduced European tourists, artists, writers and farm-holders since the nineteenth century.
Peat sets off on a fascinating trail that takes him deep into the hills to explore local history, legend and land politics. He skilfully blends the characters and stories of the past — those of Arawata Bill and Joseph Fenn among them — with a powerful sense of place and concerns for the future.
In prose as fine as snow-caps reflected in lake water, Peat brings us an extraordinary region: from the laconic humour of the locals, to the last chance we might have to halt the demise of several threatened native species.
High-Country Lark is the third in Neville Peat’s acclaimed Lark series: the first two of which are The Falcon and the Lark and Coasting: The Sea Lion and the Lark.
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Reviewers Comments ...
‘His [Neville Peat's] writing style is immensely readable, his photographs stunning, and this handsome, beautifully designed volume will make an ideal gift for those who love the South Island high country whether they be locals or visitors' - Beattie's Book Blog, 2008 'An informative and evocative read.’ - Your Weekend, 2008 |
