Lucrarea de fata reconstituie fata mai putin cunoscuta a omenirii, cea in care misterul marcheaza frontiera labila care separa realitatea de imaginatie. Mesajele discrete pe care ni le transmit sirurile aliniate ale menhirelor din Carnac sau maiestuoasele sculpturi de pe Insula Pastelui, urmele evanescente ale oraselor disparute sau profilul celor mai insolite personaje istorice, toate alcatuiesc un univers surprinzator, pe care vi-l propunem spre cunoastere.
James Alfred "Alf" Wight, OBE, FRCVS (3 October 1916 – 23 February 1995), known by the pen name James Herriot, was a British veterinary surgeon and writer, who used his many years of experiences as a veterinary surgeon to write a series of books each consisting of stories about animals and their owners.[1] He is best known for these semi-autobiographical works, beginning with All Creatures Great and Small in 1972. The British television series adapted from the books is also titled All Creatures Great and Small. ro