The Dream Of Kilimanjaro
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
In The Dream of Kilimanjaro, Swedish diplomat and naturalist Rolf Edberg presents a profound meditation on humanity's relationship with the natural world, using the iconic African peak as a symbolic axis around which he weaves reflections on evolution, ecology, and the precarious future of life on Earth. Written with the lyrical authority of a man who has witnessed both the grandeur of untouched wilderness and the accelerating pace of its destruction, this work chronicles the deep tensions between industrial civilisation and the ancient rhythms of the natural order, arguing passionately for a renewed reverence for the planet we inhabit. Translated into English by Keith Bradfield, Edberg's prose carries the measured, contemplative tone of a philosopher-naturalist in the tradition of Teilhard de Chardin — at once scientifically informed and spiritually urgent. His writing draws on wide-ranging sources, from evolutionary biology to indigenous wisdom, constructing an interconnected vision of the biosphere that reads as both elegy and manifesto. For those who have ever stood at the foot of something immeasurably vast and felt both insignificant and responsible, this book issues a challenge that is impossible to ignore.
Author: Rolf Edberg
Format: Hardback
Published: 1979, Heinemann: London
Genre: Natural history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
In The Dream of Kilimanjaro, Swedish diplomat and naturalist Rolf Edberg presents a profound meditation on humanity's relationship with the natural world, using the iconic African peak as a symbolic axis around which he weaves reflections on evolution, ecology, and the precarious future of life on Earth. Written with the lyrical authority of a man who has witnessed both the grandeur of untouched wilderness and the accelerating pace of its destruction, this work chronicles the deep tensions between industrial civilisation and the ancient rhythms of the natural order, arguing passionately for a renewed reverence for the planet we inhabit. Translated into English by Keith Bradfield, Edberg's prose carries the measured, contemplative tone of a philosopher-naturalist in the tradition of Teilhard de Chardin — at once scientifically informed and spiritually urgent. His writing draws on wide-ranging sources, from evolutionary biology to indigenous wisdom, constructing an interconnected vision of the biosphere that reads as both elegy and manifesto. For those who have ever stood at the foot of something immeasurably vast and felt both insignificant and responsible, this book issues a challenge that is impossible to ignore.