Explore the world’s most remote and seemingly uninhabited wildernesses in The Savage Landscape by award-winning writer Cal Flyn. This lyrical exploration delves into the deep forests, high mountains, and arid deserts, examining what nature achieves in the absence of humans and addressing our deep yearnings for awe-inspiring landscapes.

Drawing parallels with her previous work, Flyn focuses each chapter on eleven distinct locations chosen for their physical beauty, perceived isolation, and the complex human stories intertwined within them. Discover accounts of ascetics seeking theophany in the desert, shepherds facing wolves, missionaries in the jungle, meditating lamas, hunters in the African bush, volcanophiles near lava flows, and voyages into the Southern Ocean toward Antarctica.

Key Themes and Content

• A lyrical exploration of the world’s most forbiddingly remote places.
• Examines what nature accomplishes in the absence of humans.
• Features eleven locations chosen for physical beauty and isolation.
• Investigates the moral and emotional complexity of human stories within these wild settings.
• A profound book about spirituality, environmentalism, and the sublime.

Specifications

This hardcover edition is written in English and features four-color printing.

• Author: Cal Flyn
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Print Length: 448 pages
• Dimensions: 14.1 x 4 x 22.2 cm (141x40x222mm)
• Weight: 580 g
• Publisher: William Collins
• ISBN-13: 978-0008686529
• Release Date: May 7, 2026

The Savage Landscape challenges readers' understanding of humanity's place on the planet and our relationship with other residents, both animal and human.