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Ring of Bright Water is a 1969 British comedy-drama film directed by Jack Couffer and starring Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna. [3] It is a story about a Londoner and his pet otter living on the Scottish coast. The story is fictional, but is adapted from the 1960 autobiographical book of the same name by Gavin Maxwell. [4]
Ring of Bright Water is a book by Gavin Maxwell about his life in a remote house in coastal Scotland where he kept several wild otters as pets. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] First published in 1960, it became a best seller and is considered a literary masterpiece, [ 3 ] eventually selling over two million copies. [ 4 ]
Gavin Maxwell FRSL FZS FRGS (15 July 1914 – 7 September 1969) was a British naturalist and author, best known for his non-fiction writing and his work with otters.He became most famous for Ring of Bright Water (1960) and its sequels, which described his experiences raising Iraqi and West African otters on the west coast of Scotland.
I came to this page via a wikilink expecting to find as subject the book "Ring of Bright Water". The book was written first (1960) and the film was an adaptation of the book. Many, including myself, who have read the book will have points of view concerning this adaptation, but this is not the place to express them.
This Saturday, on Oct. 14, an annular solar eclipse will darken the skies across the U.S. through Central and South America and down to Brazil. Here's how to watch.
The Riyaaz or Sadhakam, which often starts early in the morning at four, [8] is taken seriously by the students for it requires intensity, discipline and commitment for years and forms an important component in the Guru - Shishya parampara (teacher-student tradition).
An annular eclipse describes the moment the moon passes between the Earth and sun, creating the the illusion of a thin ring of sunlight around the moon. 18:45 UTC: Maximum eclipse beings.
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