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Wild
- Tales from Early Medieval Britain
- Narrated by: Amy Jeffs, Lucy Paterson
- Length: 3 hrs and 40 mins
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Summary
From the bestselling author of Storyland: A New Mythology of Britain comes a book that will reconnect, engross and indulge listeners in wild landscapes and pause to reflect on our current position and relationship with nature. This unique audiobook features 7 original songs—musical illustrations composed and performed by the author and her collaborators.
Sheer cliffs, salt spray, explosive sea spume, thunderous clouds, icy waves, whales with mountains on their backs, sleet, bitter winds, bleak, impenetrable marshes, howling wolves, forests, the unceasing cries of birds and the death grip of subterranean vaults that have never seen the sun: these are wild landscapes of a world almost familiar.
In Wild, Amy Jeffs journeys—on foot and through medieval texts—from landscapes of desolation to hope, offering the listener an insight into a world at once distant and profoundly close to home. The seven chapters, entitled Earth, Ocean, Forest, Beast, Fen, Catastrophe, Paradise, open with fiction and close with reflection. They blend reflections of travels through fen, forest and cave, with retelling of medieval texts that offer rich depictions of the natural world. From the Old English elegies to the englynion and immrama of the Celtic world—stories that largely represent figures whose voices are not generally heard in the corpus of medieval literature: women, outcasts, animals.
All songs written by Amy Jeffs except for Colours, written by Robbie Haylett.
1. All Alone (Hos)
2. The Seafarer
3. Sweeney
4. The Whale
5. Wulf
6. Colours
7. Island of Birds
Arrangements by Robbie Haylett. Performances by Amy Jeffs, Robbie Haylett, Stephen Wilkinson, Christina Riedl, Will Rumney, Chris Keelty, Natalie Brice and Julien Harman-Evans.
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- Ella Holden
- 13-02-24
Brilliant!
I loved the mix of history and story telling. I really enjoyed learning about the background behind the stories.
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- Christine J.
- 23-10-22
A great blend of words and music
Liked the contrast of Lucy reading ‘the story’ and the author reading the commentary. Weaving the songs through the book was inspired. Liked the way Jeffs described the landscapes and her linking the experiences of the people in the medieval texts with her experiences of the Wild today.
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- Kindle Customer
- 27-12-22
A Sublime Listening Experience
This is one of those occasions where the audio book surpasses the experience of reading an e or paper copy. You do not get the visual feast of the illustrations but you do get to hear sublime songs, sung beautifully that serve to bring these ancient tales to life. The superb narration conveys the rhythm and compelling structures of these poems in a way that I just could not reproduce in my mind from reading the text on a page. Unlike many audio books, Wild reveals more and more with repeated listening. Ideally, you should buy both a physical copy and an audio book but if your budget doesn't stretch to that, buy this and listen to the wonderful language, these haunting tales and bittersweet songs.
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- Barbara rea
- 27-01-23
Our ancient languages
This programme has been a very new experience. The stories readings and explanations were enjoyable and informative. The musical compositions were original and exciting, though I sometimes found the soprano voice very shrill.
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- Oscar
- 19-12-22
Wonderful!
A wonderful book, and I loved the songs that replaced the illustrations in the audio version. Incredibly thoughtful. I will be giving it a second listen.
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- Stew Maj
- 08-10-22
Excellent
Amy Jeffs once again brings English history to life in a captivating way for everyone. Narrated beautifully. I will buy the book too….the prints are so beautiful!
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