For the film adaptation, see Tarka the Otter (film). For Tarka, see Tarka (disambiguation).
1927 novel by Henry Williamson
Tarka the Otter: His Joyful Water-Life and Death in the Country of the Two Rivers
First edition; woodcut after Hester Sainsbury
Author
Henry Williamson
Country
England
Subject
European otter
Genre
Natural history novel
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Publication date
1927 (1927)
Tarka the Otter: His Joyful Water-Life and Death in the Country of the Two Rivers is a 1927 novel by English writer Henry Williamson, first published by G.P. Putnam's Sons with an introduction by the Hon. Sir John Fortescue. It won the Hawthornden Prize in 1928,[1] and has never been out of print since its first publication.[2]
The novel describes the life of an otter, along with a detailed observation of its habitat in the country of the River Taw and River Torridge in North Devon (the "Two Rivers"); the name "Tarka" is said by Williamson to mean "Wandering as Water" (p. 10). Although not written for children, the book soon became popular with young readers, and also influenced literary figures as diverse as Ted Hughes and Rachel Carson.
^Stade and Karbiener (eds). Encyclopedia of British Writers, 1800 to the Present, Volume 2, 2009, p.522
^Gavron, J. "Introduction" to Tarka the Otter, Penguin, 2009, v (all subsequent page references refer to this edition)
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