The Instant - Amy Liptrot

Category: Autobiography & Biographies
Language: English
Keywords: Essays Memoir

Written by Amy Liptrot
Read by Amy Liptrot
Format: M4B
Bitrate: 128 Kbps
Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 7 mins
Release date: 03-03-22

Shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing

Wishing to leave behind the quiet isolation of her Orkney island life, Amy Liptrot books a one-way flight to Berlin.

Searching for new experiences, inspiration and love, she rents a loftbed in a shared flat and looks for work. She explores the streets, nightclubs and parks and seeks out the city’s wildlife—goshawks, raccoons and hooded crows. She looks for love through the screen of her laptop. Over the course of a year, Amy makes space, hoping for the unexpected. And it comes with an erotic jolt, in the form of a love affair that obsesses her.

The Instant is an unapologetic look at the addictive power of love and lust. It is also an exploration of the cycles of the moon, the flight paths of migratory birds, the mesmerising power of Neolithic stonework and the trails followed by a generation who exist online.

This audiobook contains an exclusive essay by Amy Liptrot.