Living in the Sound of the Wind: B Format

by Jason Wilson

W. H. Hudson was brought up on the pampas, where he learnt from gauchos about frontier life. After moving to London in 1874, Hudson lived in extreme poverty. Like his friend Joseph Conrad, Hudson was an exile, adapting to England. He never returned to Argentina.

Wilson unravels Hudson’s English dream, his natural history rambles, and his work to protect birds. He remains both a complex witness to his homeland before mass immigration and to his England of the mind, before the urban sprawl.

Praise for Jason

Tireless, shrewd, erudite Jason Wilson, mixing hard fact and anthology, provides the perfect outfit of allusion and comparative experience - Jonathan Keates, Observer

Put his treasure trove into your pocket . - Anthony Sattin, Sunday Times

The idea is so simple that it must be original. This inaugural book might prove to be a landmark. - Nicholas Shakespeare, Daily Telegraph

384 pages, Paperback

First published June 4, 2015

About the author

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Jason Wilson is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Spanish and Latin American Studies, University College London. His books include Jorge Luis Borges (Reaktion, 2006), The Andes: A Cultural History (2009) Buenos Aires: A Cultural History (1999), Octavio Paz: A Study of his Poetics (1979), Octavio Paz (1986), An A–Z of Latin American Literature in English Translation (1989), Traveller's Literary Companion to South and Central America (1993), and essays on W. H. Hudson, Charles Darwin, Julio Cortázar and Latin American poetry. He lives in London and Buenos Aires.

Reviews

[Cindy]

A curious but worthwhile 'biography" of an eccentric & complicated man, WH Hudson.
It would have been much better with maps, more footnotes etc but I still enjoyed it.
A very personal take on this unusual author/naturalist.