James Rebanks is a shepherd based in the Lake District. His first book, The Shepherd's Life, won The Lakeland Book of the Year 2015 and was shortlisted for both The Wainwright Prize and the Ondaatje Prize. Also known as the Herdwick Shepherd, his Twitter account of daily life in the Lakes has a strong international following. His family have lived and farmed in the Lake District for six hundred years.

Two pages into The Shepherd's Life, I was gripped. Twenty pages in, I was amazed. By its end, I knew I'd read an extraordinary book, at once political and beautiful - a major addition to the modern British literature of landscape, that can stand alongside Ronald Blythe's classic Akenfield as a portrait of a place and its people as seen from within

1. 5/5

   Livet för en nutida fåraherde

   Väldigt trevlig bok om livet som fåraherde nu och tidigare. Författaren berättar om månghundraåriga traditioner och vikten av att föra dessa vidare i en föränderlig tid. Han beskriver den livskvalitet det hårda livet på Lake Districts bergssluttningar trots allt ger en modern fåraherde.

   Eva S

   25 augusti 2016
2. 5/5

   Lake district

   Underbar skildring av en medveten landsbygdsaktivist och ett landskap värt att bevara för sin egen skull. Inte för stadsbors rekreation.

   Liselott Å

   28 juni 2016

James Rebanks is a shepherd based in the Lake District. His first book, The Shepherd's Life, won The Lakeland Book of the Year 2015 and was shortlisted for both The Wainwright Prize and the Ondaatje Prize. Also known as the Herdwick Shepherd, his Twitter account of daily life in the Lakes has a strong international following. His family have lived and farmed in the Lake District for six hundred years.

Two pages into The Shepherd's Life, I was gripped. Twenty pages in, I was amazed. By its end, I knew I'd read an extraordinary book, at once political and beautiful - a major addition to the modern British literature of landscape, that can stand alongside Ronald Blythe's classic Akenfield as a portrait of a place and its people as seen from within

1. 5/5

   Livet för en nutida fåraherde

   Väldigt trevlig bok om livet som fåraherde nu och tidigare. Författaren berättar om månghundraåriga traditioner och vikten av att föra dessa vidare i en föränderlig tid. Han beskriver den livskvalitet det hårda livet på Lake Districts bergssluttningar trots allt ger en modern fåraherde.

   Eva S

   25 augusti 2016
2. 5/5

   Lake district

   Underbar skildring av en medveten landsbygdsaktivist och ett landskap värt att bevara för sin egen skull. Inte för stadsbors rekreation.

   Liselott Å

   28 juni 2016

James Rebanks is a shepherd based in the Lake District. His first book, The Shepherd's Life, won The Lakeland Book of the Year 2015 and was shortlisted for both The Wainwright Prize and the Ondaatje Prize. Also known as the Herdwick Shepherd, his Twitter account of daily life in the Lakes has a strong international following. His family have lived and farmed in the Lake District for six hundred years.

Two pages into The Shepherd's Life, I was gripped. Twenty pages in, I was amazed. By its end, I knew I'd read an extraordinary book, at once political and beautiful - a major addition to the modern British literature of landscape, that can stand alongside Ronald Blythe's classic Akenfield as a portrait of a place and its people as seen from within

1. 5/5

   Livet för en nutida fåraherde

   Väldigt trevlig bok om livet som fåraherde nu och tidigare. Författaren berättar om månghundraåriga traditioner och vikten av att föra dessa vidare i en föränderlig tid. Han beskriver den livskvalitet det hårda livet på Lake Districts bergssluttningar trots allt ger en modern fåraherde.

   Eva S

   25 augusti 2016
2. 5/5

   Lake district

   Underbar skildring av en medveten landsbygdsaktivist och ett landskap värt att bevara för sin egen skull. Inte för stadsbors rekreation.

   Liselott Å

   28 juni 2016