The Nature of Seeing

Mark Cocker

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What does it mean to truly see the natural world? 'The Nature of Seeing' is a celebration of the art and practice of paying close attention. Whether it is the sight of moonlight across a bedroom floor, or an owl as it hunts, or waxcap fungi that erupt across the fields overnight - Mark Cocker encourages us to reclaim our innate gift for wonder and to see the living world in all its infinite detail and mystery. Through a series of diary entries describing his encounters with the natural world, he interrogates how we see and how it affects us at the most profound levels. In precise and lyrical prose, he shows us that seeing is a creative act that can both transform us and change the world we share. Revelatory and profound, 'The Nature of Seeing' is the culmination of a lifetime's love affair with the simple act of looking and all that it reveals.


Author(s): Cocker, Mark
Binding: Hardback
Date of Publication: 08/10/2026
Pagination: 240 pages
Series: N/A
Imprint: Jonathan Cape
Published By: Vintage Publishing
Book Classification: The Earth: natural history: general interest|Diaries, letters & journals|Literary essays|Wildlife: general interest|Trees, wildflowers & plants: general interest
Dimensions: 243 x 164 x 25
Weight: 427
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9781787336469

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