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  • A vivid tale of rabbits finding a new life for themselves.

  • I had not read this book in school - although I know many who did - so I was pleasantly surprised at how well it was written, and even enjoyable for someone twice as old as a high schooler.

    There are segments of "over-wording," where the details are piled on and described for pages at a time ... Continue

    I had not read this book in school - although I know many who did - so I was pleasantly surprised at how well it was written, and even enjoyable for someone twice as old as a high schooler.

    There are segments of "over-wording," where the details are piled on and described for pages at a time, but overall the story flows very well. At times you are in the rabbits' world, sensing their fear and excitement as though you were there.

    A long read, but well worth the effort in the end.

    

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• ― JaxSean said on Oct 31, 2007 about the Paperback edition| Add your feedback

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  • A birthday gift from my Dad on my 10th birthday. An inscription from Wallace Stevens's "A Rabbit As King of the Ghosts":[return] [return] The difficulty to think at the end of the day,[return] When the shapeless shadow covers the sun[return] And nothing is left except light on your fur-- ... Continue

    A birthday gift from my Dad on my 10th birthday. An inscription from Wallace Stevens's "A Rabbit As King of the Ghosts":[return] [return] The difficulty to think at the end of the day,[return] When the shapeless shadow covers the sun[return] And nothing is left except light on your fur--[return] .....[return] And to feel that the light is a rabbit-light,[return] In which everything is meant for you[return] And nothing need be explained...

    

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• ― Becky said on Nov 9, 2008 about the Hardcover edition| Add your feedback

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  • All I can say is....this sure as hell isn't a book about bunnies!

    

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• ― Camille said on Apr 11, 2007 about the Mass Market Paperback edition| Add your feedback

The setting is the rolling hills and meadows of England. The time is now -- or tomorrow -- or always. WATERSHIP DOWN is a saga of the maverick band who set out, against all odds, on a quest for a new home, a better society.

The heroes of this tale are animals -- wild rabbits. Their behavior is consistent with the laws of nature, yet each is endowed with an unforgettable personality. The characterization and compelling plot fuse, transcending the animal world and illuminating man's great humanity -- and terrible inhumanity.

"WATERSHIP DOWN is one of those great stories, destined to be a classic, that every once in a long while lets us know the universe has something really mysteriously great going for humanity." --R. Buckminster Fuller

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