The Sea is not made of Water

The Sea is not made of WaterA remarkable and powerful book, the rarest of things Nicolson is unique as a writer I loved it' EDMUND DE WAAL 'Miraculous An utterly fascinating glimpse of a watery world we only thought we knew' PHILIP HOARE Few places are as familiar as the shore and few as full of mystery and surprise. How do sandhoppers inherit an inbuilt compass from their parents? How do crabs understand the tides? How can the death of one winkle guarantee the lives of its

An Irish Nature Year gleefully explores the small mysteries of the seasons as they unfold - Who's cutting perfect circles in your roses

Now aged 50

one was a Count

and his arrival in Dublin as a university student

All of a sudden

In Ireland

but he also saw beyond Modernism's confines to the connective matrix of our world

the texture of green warts

if he is to escape

playing on his Xbox

the courage of ordinary Spanish men and women he fought alongside

and described by Julia Donaldson as "An absolutely beautiful book