Tarka the Otter - Henry Williamson

Publicly praised by such literary figures as Thomas Hardy, Arnold Bennett and T E Lawrence, Henry Williamson’s Tarka the Otter was first published in 1927. It won the Hawthornden prize in 1928 and attracted great interest from the Disney studio which Williamson rebuffed. The story takes place in the Devon countryside. Williamson captures it with ease and lets us experience Nature in her infinite variety whilst moving us to tears with the touching story of Tarka and his life in the country of the two rivers. Williamson rescues the little otter after his mother is shot by a farmer. In order to keep Tarka alive he must first get it to eat, ...  Read the complete review