In 1957, after travelling in southern Iraq, Gavin Maxwell returned to the West Highlands of Scotland with an otter cub called Mijbil. Written within thew sound of the sea, in a remote cottage where they set up home together, this enduring story evokes the unspoilt seascape and wildlife of a place Maxwell called Camusfearna. Ring of Bright Water was hailed as a masterpiece when it was first published, sold over two million copies worldwide, and was later adapted into a successful film. Fifty years on it remains one of the ...
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In 1957, after travelling in southern Iraq, Gavin Maxwell returned to the West Highlands of Scotland with an otter cub called Mijbil. Written within thew sound of the sea, in a remote cottage where they set up home together, this enduring story evokes the unspoilt seascape and wildlife of a place Maxwell called Camusfearna. Ring of Bright Water was hailed as a masterpiece when it was first published, sold over two million copies worldwide, and was later adapted into a successful film. Fifty years on it remains one of the most lyrical, moving descriptions of a man's relationship with the natural world. Our new edition is unabridged and includes all the illustrations from the first edition.
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Gavin Maxwell has painted an astounding chapter in his life which is all the more remarkable for the simplicity and modesty with which it is related. His companions, sea otters, are wonderfully shown for the intelligent, sensitive and playful creatures that they are. Tragedy and comedy are skilfully interwoven. His depiction of the main setting, a relatively small area around a tiny house on a bleak shore on the north west coast of Scotland is made all the more poignant by the realisation that this like many such things, has now gone forever. For anyone who loves the wild and loves those who share such feelings this a beautiful read.
CarolynNeser
Apr 3, 2007
RING OF BRIGHT WATER SHINES AS BRIGHT AS EVER
I first read "Ring of Bright Water" as a primary school tot, along with the Gerald Durrel sagas and the "Born Free" trilogy. Unlike "Watership Down" and its lookalikes, Ring of Bright Water does not impose on our credulity by proposing walking talking animal characters. Mijbil, Edal and the other animal characters are far too dignified for that. Neither does Maxwell force the unfolding of his sojourn in the Scottish Highlands into a twee little standard character plot. The stories are real and the characters are human insofar as they are meant to be; otherwise they are immortal as animals whose lives enriched the existence of those whom they touched.
Some internet surfing on a biography of Gavin Maxwell would be called for to place this book in a context, both in terms of the Highlands at that time and in terms of the turbulent and sometimes star-crossed life of the author. However, even on its own, "Ring of Bright Water" dances as blindingly and hypnotically as sunlight on the water, and is every bit as hard-edged, freezing and gritty as it must have been to live as a Scottish hermit in the fifties.