A 40th anniversary edition of Richard Adams' picaresque saga about a motley band of rabbits - Watership Down is one of the most beloved novels of our time.
Sandleford Warren is in danger.
Hazel's younger brother Fiver is convinced that a great evil is about to befall the land, but no one will listen. And why would they when it is Spring and the grass is fat and succulent?
Together Hazel and Fiver and a few other brave rabbits secretly leave behind the safety and strictures of the warren and hop tentatively out into a vast and strange world. Chased by their former friends, hunted by dogs and foxes, avoiding farms and other human threats, but making new friends, Hazel and his fellow rabbits dream of a new life in the emerald embrace of Watership Down...
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN: 9780241953235
Number of pages: 496
Weight: 341 g
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 29 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
'Stunning and compulsive reading.' - The Sunday Times
'A gripping story of rebellion in a rabbit warren and the subsequent adventures of the rebels. Adams has a poetic eye and a gift for storytelling which will speak to readers of all ages for many years to come.' - Sunday Telegraph
'A masterpiece. The best story about wild animals since The Wind in the Willows. Very funny, exciting, often moving.' - The Evening Standard
'Extraordinary... magically well-made and memorable.' - The New York Times
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