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Intertidal

By Yuvan Aves

A deep observation of coast and wetland, climate and self, by a leading Indian ecological activist.

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Adult non fiction
Published: 06/02/2025
ISBN number: 9781804189818
Price: £22.00
Imprint: Ithaka
Length: 288 pages
Edition: Hardback
Genre: Nature writing

Intertidal

By Yuvan Aves

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Details

Adult non fiction
Published: 06/02/2025
ISBN number: 9781804189818
Price: £22.00
Imprint: Ithaka
Length: 288 pages
Edition: Hardback
Genre: Nature writing

A deep observation of coast and wetland, climate and self, by a leading Indian ecological activist.

'A startlingly brilliant and moving debut'
William Dalrymple
'A wondrous work of walking, seeing and thinking'
Robert Macfarlane

Introduction by Robert Macfarlane.

Written in spellbinding prose, Intertidal reveals an unseen world. We hear frog calls through the night, spot butterflies miles into the ocean, see the churning of longshore currents, and meditate on worms’ composting abilities. We also witness communities standing together to preserve the homes of the coast’s inhabitants, both human and non-human.

Intertidal asks us to reimagine values to live by; heeding the natural world, attending to the climate’s calling, and moving away from the old political and cultural values that have proven ecologically disastrous. Set in beaches, marshes, and the wild places of the mind, Intertidal revels in the healing power of nature and explores what it means to reclaim an ecology that has been colonised.

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Yuvan Aves

Yuvan Aves is a writer, naturalist, educator and an environmental defender based in Chennai. He is the author of two books on ecology and 4 children’s books, recipient of the M. Krishnan Memorial Nature Writing Award, Sanctuary Asia Green Teacher Award among others. He is an active part of resistance and community movements against ecocide and industrial violence in South India. He is also the founder-managing trustee of Palluyir Trust for Nature Education and Research.