Friday, January 28, 2011

Watership Down, by Richard Adams


I know what you may be thinking..... you may be thinking "This is a book about rabbits", and had you been thinking that..... well, you'd be right.

But you're wrong to think that.

Here's the official...

A phenomenal worldwide bestseller for over thirty years, Richard Adams's Watership Down is a timeless classic and one of the most beloved novels of all time. Set in England's Downs, a once idyllic rural landscape, this stirring tale of adventure, courage and survival follows a band of very special creatures on their flight from the intrusion of man and the certain destruction of their home. Led by a stouthearted pair of brothers, they journey forth from their native Sandleford Warren through the harrowing trials posed by predators and adversaries, to a mysterious promised land and a more perfect society.

It IS about rabbits, but it's more about courage, this isn't some talking animal story, it's their world, as if you were in it. It's about destruction. How humans are destroying the land they've called home and how they must face the dangers and heartache of leaving, forever, and journey to what is supposed to be a Utopia, called Watership Down.
Trust me.
Read this.
You won't be disappointed.

1 comment:

Lexington said...

We read this in school, it was actually really good. Thanks for the re-reccommend, I'd forgotten about it.