Watership Down

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• Exodus

  Disaster threatens a tribe. Warned by a prophet, led by a wily hero, a small remnant escape to find a new homeland. Their exodus is beset by enemies who swoop from the sky, set ambushes on the ground, infect the air with poison that can blind. On the ... (read full critics)

  nybooks published on Sun, 22 Aug 2010

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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 | Add your feedback

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  My favourite book ever. I've read it at least 15 times (first in Italian then in English), and every single time there is something new in there, something I hadn't noticed, and every time I get lost in the rabbits' world, in their habits, in their fears and needs...

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  Marco Piva said on Feb 11, 2010 | Add your feedback

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  "Hell of a book! It's about bunnies!"
  - James "Sawyer" Ford

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  Wanderer said on Dec 20, 2009 | Add your feedback

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  Animal literature is not just my thing. I found it pretty boring.

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  Serena said on Jan 11, 2012 about the Others edition | Add your feedback

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  m favourite book as a child!

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  Chiaragattinoni said on Jun 12, 2010 | Add your feedback

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  Watership Down

  Unbelievable! You keep forgetting the main characters are rabbits, even though the author keeps reminding us by alluding to their habits and behaviors. One of my all-time favorites!

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  1stcitysearcher said on Sep 10, 2009 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Paperback 480 Pages
• Edition: 2
• ISBN-10: 0140306013
• ISBN-13: 9780140306019
• Publisher: Puffin Books
• Pub date: Jul 26, 1973
• Dimensions: 1226 mm x 839 mm x 194 mm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Mass Market Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette, School & Library Binding, Unbound, Others and eBook
• In other languages: other languages 繁體書, 简体书, Livres Français, Deutsche Bücher, Libros en Español, llibres en català, Libri Italiani, Nederlandse Boeken, Svenska böcker

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