Underland (book)

Underland: A Deep Time Journey is a book by Robert Macfarlane and the sequel to The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot. Initially published in English on 2 May 2019 by Hamish Hamilton in the UK and on 4 June 2019 by W. W. Norton & Company in the US, the book has been translated into over a dozen languages. An audiobook, read by Matthew Waterson, was also released in June 2019 by HighBridge Audio.

Underland: A Deep Time Journey
First edition (UK)
AuthorRobert Macfarlane
Audio read byMatthew Waterson
Cover artistStanley Donwood[1]
CountryEngland
LanguageEnglish
Subject
  • Geology
  • Underground areas
  • Civilization, Subterranean
  • Voyages and travels
Published
Media type
  • Print
  • digital
  • audiobook
Pages496
Awards
ISBN978-0-393-24214-0 Hardcover
OCLC1054001747
551.447
LC ClassGN755
Preceded byThe Old Ways: A Journey on Foot 
Websitewww.underlandbook.com
All identifiers refer to the Norton international edition, published in June 2019, unless otherwise noted

The book has received many awards and honours. It was a Sunday Times,[6] New York Times,[7] and Los Angeles Times Bestseller,[8] it is a 2020 American Library Association Notable Book,[5] and has won The 2019 National Outdoor Book Award for Natural History Literature,[2] The 2019 Wainwright Prize for UK Nature Writing,[3] and was named the 2020 Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year at the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards.[4] The book has been placed on many lists for best books of 2019 and was named as number 56 of the "100 best books of the 21st century" by The Guardian in September 2019.[9] The book was also named the second best reviewed book of the year by the review aggregator Book Marks, having collected 35 total reviews by December 2019 with 26 marked as "rave", seven as "positive", and two as "mixed".[10]

Background

The cover art is by Stanley Donwood, who adapted it from his 2013 painting "Nether".[1] Prior to the book's publication, Macfarlane wrote that he had first seen the painting about a year after he began working on the book and it served as a muse over the next five years it would take him to finish: "I set my course by it, steered towards it."[1]

Reception

The book has received many reviews and has been praised by several celebrities.

Praise

Richard Powers wrote that the book "is profound in every sense of the word" and that it had "changed the way that I think about the deep, hidden roots of our life on this planet."[11] John Banville wrote that Macfarlane "is a superb naturalist, who seems to have been everywhere and noticed everything" and that his "style is a kind of muscular prose-poetry that manages somehow to be at once impressionistic and precise."[12] Banville continued by writing: "The book abounds in amazing facts, breathtaking surprises, delightful anecdotes."[12] Simon Reynolds wrote that the book "is a lexical delight in its own right, a feast of terms for underground spaces" and continued: "In all his writing, but particularly strongly here, Nature provides for Macfarlane and his readers a form of religion for the godless, stirring sensations of awe, gratitude, and humbling insignificance."[13] Reynolds wrote that, while it isn't "flawless", the book makes for "an exhilarating read".[13]

Reviews

According to the review aggregator Book Marks, the book has received critical acclaim.[14] Having collected 35 total reviews by publication, with 26 marked as "rave", seven as "positive", and two as "mixed", Book Marks named the book the second best reviewed book of the year in December 2019.[10]

Among literary publications, review by Terry Tempest Williams made the front page of The New York Times Book Review in June 2019[15] and the book received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly,[16] Kirkus Reviews,[17] The Library Journal,[18] and Booklist.[19] Other reviewers include Colin Thubron in The New York Review of Books[20] and Jonathan Meades in Literary Review, who called the book "a moral hymn to the strangeness of existence and a sharp warning not to take anything for granted."[21]

The book has also been reviewed in The Times Literary Supplement,[22] The Australian Book Review,[23] the American Book Review,[24] The Sydney Review of Books,[25] and The Chicago Review of Books.[26]

In her review, Terry Tempest Williams wrote that "Macfarlane’s writing is muscular, meticulously researched and lyrical and closed by stating: "Underland is a portal of light in dark times. I needed this book of beauty below to balance the pain we’re witnessing aboveground."[15] Colin Thubron called the book "remarkable" and a "masterpiece" and wrote: "The visionary perspectives that he evokes, earned from his own hard journeys, create a fusion of exhilaration, foreboding, and enchantment."[20] Jonathan Meades wrote that "Macfarlane is a poet with the instincts of a thriller writer" and that the book "is a moral hymn to the strangeness of existence and a sharp warning not to take anything for granted."[21]

Among academic publications, the book was reviewed by Huw Lewis-Jones in Nature,[27] as well as Fred Pearce in The New Scientist,[28] while reviews were published in Science Magazine,[29] National Geographic,[30] Physics World,[31] and Geographical Magazine.[32]

Among trade publications and magazines, Nick Papadimitriou reviewed the book for The Financial Times,[33] Prerna Singh Bindra reviewed the book for the Indian environmental magazine Open,[34] Hugh Thomson reviewed the book for Prospect Magazine,[35] Adam Nicolson reviewed the book for The Spectator,[36] and Erica Wagner reviewed the book for New Statesman.[37]

Among others, the book has been reviewed by Alex Preston,[38] Seán Hewitt,[39] Dwight Garner,[40] Barbara J. King,[41] William Dalrymple,[42] Jedediah Purdy,[43] John Carey,[44] David Aaronovitch,[45] Hannah Beckerman,[46] Gregory Day,[47] and Stuart Kelly.[48]

Audiobook

The audiobook edition, released on 4 June 2019 by HighBridge Audio, is narrated by Matthew Waterson. In a review for The Times, Christina Hardyment wrote that Waterson's "soft-voiced but always excitingly engaged commentary" complements the "increasingly poetic tendency" of Macfarlane's prose.[49] Hardyment noted that the audiobook is "not a substitute for reading, but an add-on, a way of ensuring that you experience as quickly as possible Macfarlane’s labyrinthine journey through our honeycombed planet."[49] The Times named the book "Audiobook of the Week".[49] A review by AudioFile Magazine praised Waterson's "even pacing and soft British accent" with "a voice attuned to the author's lyricism and wit" as an "ideal guide".[50]

Awards and honours

The book has received many awards and honours, including being named a 2020 American Library Association Notable Book[5] and winning The 2019 National Outdoor Book Award for Natural History Literature,[2] The 2019 Wainwright Prize for UK Nature Writing,[3] and the 2020 Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year, given at the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards.[4] The book has been placed on many lists for best books of 2019 and was named as number 56 of the "100 best books of the 21st century" by The Guardian in September 2019.[9]

Awards and nominations

The book has received many awards and honours, including winning The 2019 National Outdoor Book Award for Natural History Literature,[2] The 2019 Wainwright Prize for UK Nature Writing,[3] and the 2020 Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year, given annually at the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards.[4] It made shortlists for the 2019 Physics World Book of the Year Award[51] and the 2020 Ondaatje Prize,[52] it made longlists for the 2020 Orwell Prize for Political Writing[53] and the 2020 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Nonfiction,[54] and was nominated for the 2019 Goodreads Choice Award for Science & Technology.[55]

Year Award Category Result Ref(s)
2019 National Outdoor Book Award Natural History Literature Won [2]
Wainwright Prize N/A Won [3]
Goodreads Choice Award Science & Technology Nominated [55]
Physics World Book of the Year Award N/A Nominated (shortlist) [51]
2020 Orwell Prize Political Writing Nominated (longlist) [53]
Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction Nonfiction Nominated (longlist) [54]
Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year Won [4]
Ondaatje Prize N/A Nominated (shortlist) [52]

Best book lists

Among other honours, the book was named a 2020 American Library Association Notable Book,[5] it has been placed on many lists for best books of 2019, it was named as number 56 of the "100 best books of the 21st century" by The Guardian in September 2019,[9] and it was placed on a list of "The 20 Best Works of Nonfiction of the Decade" by Literary Hub in December 2019.[56]

Date Publication/Organization List Position Notes Ref(s)
2020 American Library Association American Library Association Notable Book (Non-Fiction) N/A "An exploration into underground worlds, from the human made to the natural, and how they connect to our myths, beliefs, and rituals." [5]
23 December 2019 Literary Hub "The 20 Best Works of Nonfiction of the Decade" N/A "a deeply ambitious work that somehow exceeds the boundaries it sets for itself—reads as offertory and elegy both, finding wonder in the world even as we mourn its destruction by our own hand." [56]
5 December 2019 The New York Times Book Review "Times Critics’ Top Books of 2019" N/A Review by Dwight Garner [57]
25 November 2019 "100 Notable Books of 2019" N/A "A series of lyrical, unnerving explorations, from ancient forests to urban catacombs to caves of ice, that probe humanity’s sometimes wondrous, often malign, relationship with the world beneath our feet." [58]
19 December 2019 Book Marks "The Best Reviewed Books of 2019" (Nonfiction) 2 26 "Rave" reviews, 7 "Positive" reviews, and 2 "Mixed" reviews at the time of publication [10]
21 September 2019 The Guardian "The 100 best books of the 21st century" 56 Reviewed by William Dalrymple [9]
22 November 2019 Time Magazine "The 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2019" 4 "an expansive journey through geologic time... He vividly narrates claustrophobic and sometimes deadly journeys to the land below, taken by himself and others, incorporating science, philosophy and mythology in a meditation on the fragility of the man-made world." [59]
November 2019 "The 100 Must-Read Books of 2019" N/A "A masterpiece about the world underneath our feet"[60] [61]
2019 Publishers Weekly "Best Books 2019" (Nonfiction) N/A "a simultaneously meditative and adventurous exploration of subterranean spaces" [62]
31 May 2019 "PW Picks: Books of the Week, 3 June 2019" N/A "an eye-opening, lyrical, and even moving exploration." [63]
23 December 2019 BBC "The best books of the year 2019" N/A "one of the most widely-acclaimed non-fiction works of the year" [64]
29 November 2019 The Times Literary Supplement "Books of the Year 2019" N/A Reviewed by Beverley Bie Brahic: "the latest collection of Robert Macfarlane’s essays on the intersections of landscape, language and the imagination. This time Macfarlane heads underground, into caves and, perhaps most fascinatingly, subterranean Paris." [65]
12 December 2019 The Wall Street Journal "The Best Books of 2019" [66]
22 November 2019 The Times "The 50 best books of 2019" (nature) N/A "Robert Macfarlane takes us on a subterranean journey across the world." [67]
22 November 2019 "The best nature books of 2019" N/A "The spaces he plumbs are varied and fascinating. His Wainwright prizewinning epic is a quest for enlightenment" [68]
1 December 2019 The Sunday Times "The Sunday Times best thought books of the year 2019" 1 "Macfarlane’s deepest, darkest book yet... Macfarlane’s famously poetical prose also has a new sparseness and muscularity... Much more than a book about landscape, travel or the environment, this is a way of thinking with the body as well as the mind." [69]
23 December 2019 Evening Standard "The best books of 2019" N/A Reviewed by Samuel Fishwick [70]
2 December 2019 The Spectator "Books of the Year 2019" N/A Reviewed by William Dalrymple [71]
3 December 2019 Slate Magazine (Nonfiction) "The best books of 2019" N/A "a fusion of nature and travel writing combined with history and science and linguistics... In Macfarlane this realm has finally found the writer who can do it justice." [72]
21 November 2019 Smithsonian Magazine "The Ten Best Books About Travel of 2019" N/A "Through his lyrical prose, Macfarlane asks the burning question, 'Are we being good ancestors to the future Earth?'" [73]
7 December 2019 The Economist (culture and ideas) "Our books of the year" N/A "A haunting examination of the world below the surface... From the Paris catacombs to the soil of Epping Forest to caverns in remotest Norway, the author, a celebrated nature-writer, re-envisions the planet from the ground down." [74]
10 December 2019 Geographical Magazine "Geographical’s best books of 2019" N/A "Underland is an epic, perspective-shifting exploration of the world beneath our feet... Underland is a journey; a witness; an invitation not just to protect our strange and life-giving Earth but to be awed by it." [75]
March 2020 Wanderlust "The 53 best travel books of 2019" 24 "It seems a virtual in-joke that the latest title from Robert Macfarlane is quite literally his deepest book yet, as his lyrical, poetic, thoughtful explorations of wild landscapes – at once earthy and ethereal – have inspired enough imitators to fill Pseuds Corner." [76]
18 November 2019 Library Journal "Best Science & Technology Books 2019" N/A "A riveting natural history of subterranean areas that explores the connections between humans and landscape." [77]
4 December 2019 Powell's Books "Best Nonfiction of 2019" N/A "with Robert Macfarlane’s command of language, he can entice you to follow him, Pied Piper-like, anywhere... To read Underland is to follow Macfarlane into deep time, so rapt by a master storyteller that it may seem like no time has passed at all." [78]
2019 Kirkus Reviews "Best Nonfiction Books of the Year" N/A Starred review [79]
26 November 2019 New York Public Library "NYPL 2019 Best Books for Adults" (Nonfiction) N/A "Richly described nature writing about various worlds that exist under our feet." [80]
31 January 2020 Los Angeles Public Library "Best of 2019: Non-Fiction" N/A "The best nonfiction in style and substance since Helen Macdonald's H is for Hawk... Paragraphs are written with beauty, precision and clarity in what could be a master class in nonfiction narrative writing." [81]
27 November 2020 BBC Science Focus "20 of the best wildlife books and nature writing 2020" N/A "It’s both popular science, nature writing and a travel book, all rolled into one poetic, accessible package." [82]
18 December 2019 CBC Books "The best international nonfiction of 2019" N/A "Having explored the most stunning landscapes that the world above ground has to offer, Robert Macfarlane's latest work delves into the visceral and haunting experience of the universe underneath us." [83]

Reading lists

The book has been recommended by several publications and placed in reading lists, including the "Indie Next Lists" produced by IndieBound. It was also included in "The Scientist’s Summer Reading List" produced by Science Magazine in June 2020.

Date Publication/Organization List Notes Ref(s)
1 May 2019 IndieBound "June 2019 Indie Next List" "Underland continues the tradition of profound storytelling, reflection, and, quite simply, gorgeous writing we have come to expect from [MacFarlane]" [84]
2020 "Summer 2020 Reading Group Indie Next List" (Nonfiction) "From ancient cave paintings to the language of trees, from the catacombs of Paris to the burial mounds of nuclear power plants, McFarlane leads us on a bounding but intimate journey through our past and into our future." [85]
3 June 2020 Science Magazine "The scientist’s summer reading list" "Although there is empirically much to learn from Underland, there is perhaps more value in what is simply felt as one quietly contemplates Macfarlane’s journey into our pockmarked planet." [86]
27 November 2020 Church Times "Favourite books of the year" "In this shut-in year, Underland was a cathartic turn to horror, nausea, love, and praise." [87]
28 May 2019 The Washington Post "The 10 books to read in June" "With wisdom and compassion, MacFarlane surveys burial chambers, ice caps, catacombs, fungal networks, nuclear storage facilities and more..." [88]
16 December 2019 The New York Times "Moments in Reading That Salvaged an Often Sour Year" [89]
10 December 2019 PBS NewsHour "We read these 29 books in 2019. You should too" Reviewed by Jeffrey Brown: "MacFarlane offers geology, history, literature and myth, without overdoing any of them... It was good to join along, above ground." [90]

Release details

Sales

The book was said to be one of Britain's most highly anticipated books of 2019 by The Sunday Times in December 2018.[91] It went on to become a Sunday Times Bestseller, making number two on the list the week after its release,[6] making number three the following two weeks,[92][93] and made number four the following week.[94] The book reappeared on the list for the week of 1 September 2019 as number eight in general hardbacks.[95] The book made the monthly New York Times Best Seller list for science books at number five for July 2019.[7] The book also made 25 October 2020 paperback nonfiction bestsellers list by The Los Angeles Times.[8]

English edition
Date Medium Format Location Publisher Length ISBN OCLC
2 May 2019 Print Hardcover London Hamish Hamilton 496 pp ISBN 978-0-24-114380-3 OCLC 1054001747
27 August 2020 Paperback Penguin Books 496 pp ISBN 978-0-14-103057-9 OCLC 1111971251
5 February 2019 Digital eBook 496 pp ISBN 978-0-24-114642-2 OCLC 1090426398
4 June 2019 Print Hardcover New York W. W. Norton & Company 384 pp ISBN 978-0-393-24214-0 OCLC 1054001747
18 August 2020 Paperback 496 pp ISBN 978-0-393-35809-4 OCLC 1144124343
4 June 2019 Audiobook
(Narrated by Matthew Waterson)		 CD Maryland HighBridge Audio 10 discs ISBN 978-1-68457-306-6 OCLC 1104662769
25 June 2019 eAudio 12.05 hours ISBN 978-1-68457-307-3 OCLC 1105927098

Translations

The book has been translated into Catalan,[96] Dutch,[97] French,[98][99] German,[100][101] Greek,[102] Italian,[103] Norwegian,[104] Polish,[105] Spanish,[96] and Swedish.[106] Among other honours, LiFO Magazine named the Greek translation "Book of the Week", for the week of 20 May 2020,[107] as well as the fifth best translated book of the year 2020.[108] The Polish translation was also named one of the "10 best books of 2020" by Gazeta Wyborcza.[105]

Date Title Language Translators Location Publisher Pages ISBN OCLC
3 June 2020 Podziemia: w głąb czasu Polish Konieczny, Jacek Poznań Wydawnictwo Poznańskie 518 OCLC 1164110490 ISBN 978-83-66553-57-6
20 May 2020 Bajotierra: un viaje por las profundidades del tiempo Spanish Cardeñoso, Concha Barcelona Literatura Random House 511 OCLC 1163719344 ISBN 978-84-397-3691-2
14 May 2020 Benedenwereld: reizen in de diepe tijd Dutch
  • Reitsma, Jan Willem
  • Groen, Nico
 Amsterdam Athenaeum-Polak & Van Gennep 507 OCLC 1101593943 ISBN 978-90-253-0989-3
6 October 2020 Underland: un viaggio nel tempo profondo Italian Sacchi, Duccio Torino Einaudi 416 OCLC 1201278771 ISBN 978-88-06-24450-7
19 August 2020 Im Unterland: eine Entdeckungsreise in die Welt unter der Erde German
  • Jandl, Andreas
  • Sievers, Frank
 München Penguin Verlag 555 OCLC 1119002781 ISBN 978-3-328-60113-5
30 October 2020 Underland - en rejse i dyb tid Danish Hastrup, Rasmus Modtryk 464 OCLC 1200308921 ISBN 978-87-7007-399-8
30 September 2020 Underland: voyage au centre de la terre French Hersant, Patrick Paris Les Arènes Eds 510 OCLC 1224968302 ISBN 979-10-375-0222-3
February 2020 Sota terra: un viatge a les profunditats del temps Catalan Gombau i Arnau, Alexandre Barcelona Angle editorial 542 OCLC 1192386068 ISBN 978-84-17214-92-0
29 July 2020 Eondeoraendeu Korean 조은영 (Jo, Eunyeong) Seoul Soso ui Chaek 520 OCLC 1205737565 ISBN 979-11-88941-48-3
2020 Underland : en upptäcktsresa i underjorden Swedish Hval, Niclas Albert Bonniers Förlag 461 OCLC 1137824358 ISBN 978-91-0-018085-0
2020 Underverden : en tidsreise under jorda Norwegian Nyquist, Gunnar Gyldendal 446 ISBN 978-82-05524-22-4
19 March 2020 Υπογαία: Ένα ταξίδι στα βάθη της Γης και του χρόνου Modern Greek Μακροπουλος, Μιχαλης [Makropoulos, Michalis] Μεταίχμιο [Border] 472 ISBN 978-61-80320-52-7

See also

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