Salar the Salmon
1935 novel by Henry Williamson
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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]
Title page for Salar the Salmon (1938 edition) | |
| Author | Henry Williamson |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Faber & Faber |
| Publication date | 1935 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Pages | 520 |
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]