IS A RIVER ALIVE?

British nature writer Macfarlane travels to Ecuador, India, and Quebec, Canada, to affirmatively answer the question that the title poses. He explores, explains, and experiences the dark fate of some urban rivers, as well as the grandeur of unspoiled waterways. The Cambridge Fellow's British accent gives the text a kind of authority. He narrates in a poetic enrapt style, sounding awed by and in tune with cloud forest and Indian coast. His pace is thoughtful and unhurried until his dramatic ride down a river in Canada. Here he dramatically, almost breathlessly, tells the story of running the rapids of the still pristine and wild Mutehekau Shipu--locally dubbed the Magpie. A well-narrated, pertinent, and pointed audiobook. A.D.M. © AudioFile 2025, Portland, Maine [Published: JUNE 2025]