Preparing the Ghost: An Essay Concerning the Giant Squid and Its First Photographer - Couverture rigide

Frank, Matthew Gavin

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ISBN 10 : 0871402831 ISBN 13 : 9780871402837

Editeur : Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2014

Synopsis

Moses Harvey was the eccentric Newfoundland reverend and amateur naturalist who first photographed the near-mythic giant squid in 1874, draping it over a shower curtain rod to display its magnitude. In Preparing the Ghost, what begins as Moses's story becomes much more, as fellow squid-enthusiast Matthew Gavin Frank boldly winds his narrative tentacles around history, creative nonfiction, science, memoir, and meditations about the interrelated nature of them all. In a full-hearted, lyrical style reminiscent of Geoff Dyer, Frank weaves in playful forays about his research trip to Moses's Newfoundland home, Frank's own childhood and family history, and a catalog of bizarre facts and lists that recall Melville's story of obsession with another deep-sea dwelling leviathan. Though Frank is armed with impressive research, what he can't know about Harvey he fictionalizes, quite explicitly, as a way of both illuminating the scene and exploring his central theme: the big, beautiful human impulse to obsess.

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À propos de l'auteur

Matthew Gavin Frank is the author of Preparing the Ghost and The Mad Feast. He teaches creative writing and lives in Marquette, Michigan.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Liveright Publishing Corporation
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0871402831
• ISBN 13: 9780871402837
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible