Who wrote the book Tarka The Otter?
Tarka the Otter (film) Tarka the Otter (film) Tarka the Otter is a 1979 film directed by David Cobham. It is based on the novel of the same name by Henry Williamson. "Tarka the Otter" was voted 98th in Channel 4’s poll of the "100 Greatest Family Films". The role of Tarka was played by an otter called Spade. The principal animal handler for the film, Peter Talbot, published an e-book called "Tarka and me" with the sub-title "a ripple of ancient sunlight". The sub-title alludes to Williamson's view of nature being uniquely connected by this story to that of Gavin Maxwell. Talbot trained
Tarka the Otter continued to be an influential work. Rachel Carson once wrote that Williamson's work had "deeply influenced" her and said that "Tarka the Otter" and "Salar the Salmon" would be two of three books she might take to a desert island. Ted Hughes, who later became friends with an elderly Williamson, repeatedly cited reading the book as an important experience for him, while the author Roger Deakin wrote that he admired the "beauty and ice-clear accuracy" of Williamson's writing and described "Tarka" as a "great mythic poem". Others to whom the book was significant included the nature writers Kenneth Allsop and