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Loading... Watership Down (original 1972; edition 2001)by Richard Adams
Work detailsWatership Down by Richard Adams (Author) (1972)
http://speculiction.blogspot.com/2013/05/review-of-watership-down-by-richard.htm... (  ) HanJie | May 23, 2013 |  BAM! (  ) cjyurkanin | May 22, 2013 | this is my favorite book, ever. when i finished it, i had a sort of nervous breakdown and couldn't stop crying for three days. my parents sought outside help: their friend and fellow high school teacher, mrs. richardson, who taught senior english. who better, right? mrs. richardson sent a book home and told my mother to have me read the marked story inside. the story was "the scarlet ibis" by james hurst. i dare you to find that story and read it and not be cured of your watership down crackup. like a miracle medicine. and this is how i learned to fight sadness with more sadness. ( )1  usefuljack | May 17, 2013 | this is my favorite book, ever. when i finished it, i had a sort of nervous breakdown and couldn't stop crying for three days. my parents sought outside help: their friend and fellow high school teacher, mrs. richardson, who taught senior english. who better, right? mrs. richardson sent a book home and told my mother to have me read the marked story inside. the story was "the scarlet ibis" by james hurst. i dare you to find that story and read it and not be cured of your watership down crackup. like a miracle medicine. and this is how i learned to fight sadness with more sadness. ( ) usefuljack | May 17, 2013 | Watership Down> is one of those books that people won't read, because they think it's just about rabbits. But it's not just about rabbits, it's about society. Hazel and his band set off and try to make a place for themselves in the world where they can be happy. In the process, they see things and do things that none of they could every have imagined they would, and the reader is shown all kinds of ways that man and society and interact and destroy one another. But they press on, nonetheless, in a kind of rabbit Aeneid until they achieve their goals. Adams does a great job of conveying a sense of rabbit civilization. There's a whole mythology there and storytelling that plays a key role in moving the plot along. But most of all, it's a beautiful tale about endurance in the face of trials and quest for happiness in a hard world. ( )1 inge87 | May 17, 2013 |
 It would seem that in Adam's ardor for wild creatures he has tried too hard to make a case for them instead of allowing them fully to be their own recommendation. I'm grateful for much of what he's done, but I'm not going to look at rabbits differently from now on.  Watership Down offers little to build a literary cult upon. On the American-whimsy exchange, one Tolkien hobbit should still be worth a dozen talking rabbits. This bunny-rabbit novel not only steers mostly clear of the usual sticky, anthropomorphic pitfalls of your common garden-variety of bunny rabbit story: it is also quite marvelous for a while, and after it stops being marvelous, it settles down to be pretty good- a book you can live with from start to finish.
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The story follows a warren of Berkshire rabbits fleeing the destruction of their home by a land developer. As they search for a safe haven, skirting danger at every turn, we become acquainted with the band and its compelling culture and mythos. Adams has crafted a touching, involving world in the dirt and scrub of the English countryside, complete with its own folk history and language (the book comes with a "lapine" glossary, a guide to rabbitese). As much about freedom, ethics, and human nature as it is about a bunch of bunnies looking for a warm hidey-hole and some mates, Watership Down will continue to make the transition from classroom desk to bedside table for many generations to come. --Paul Hughes
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Chronicles the adventures of a group of rabbits searching for a safe place to establish a new warren where they can live in peace.
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Editions: 0241953235, 0141341939
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