Salar the Salmon

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Salar the Salmon
Author Henry Williamson
LanguageEnglish
Publisher Faber & Faber
Publication date
1935
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Pages520

Salar the Salmon is a 1935 novel by the English writer Henry Williamson. It follows a five-year-old salmon during his spring run, as he enters the Bristol Channel and ends up in Exmoor. [1] [2]

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Kirkus Reviews wrote: "There is no humanizing of the salmon, no fantasy element, but simply a dramatic story of what one feels actually happens from the time a salmon deserts his Atlantic feeding grounds for the inland waterways." [3] Peter Coates, in his book Salmon (2006), called it "the finest salmon novel in English". [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Coates, Peter (2006). Salmon. London: Reaktion Books. pp. 167–168. ISBN   978-1-86189-295-9.
  2. ↑ Allmark-Kent, Candice (2021). "How to Read Fishes: Science, Empathy, and Salar the Salmon". Society & Animals . 30 (2): 170–187. doi:10.1163/15685306-12341569.
  3. ↑ "Salar the Salmon". Kirkus Reviews . 1 June 1935. Retrieved 9 May 2025.

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