Sound of a Wild Snail Eating - Couverture souple

Tova Bailey, Elisabeth

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 161620642X ISBN 13 : 9781616206420

Editeur : Algonquin Books, 2016

Synopsis

Winner of The Saroyan International Prize for Writing, the John Burroughs Medal, and the National Outdoor Book Award in Natural History Literature “Brilliant.” —The New York Review of Books “Exquisite.” —The Huffington Post “Magical.” —Minneapolis Star Tribune In a work that beautifully demonstrates the rewards of closely observing nature, Elisabeth Tova Bailey shares an inspiring and intimate story of her encounter with a Neohelix albolabris—a common woodland snail. While an illness keeps her bedridden, Bailey watches a wild snail that has taken up residence on her nightstand. As a result, she discovers the solace and sense of wonder that this mysterious creature brings and comes to a greater understanding of her own place in the world. Intrigued by the snail’s molluscan anatomy, cryptic defenses, clear decision making, hydraulic locomotion, and courtship activities, Bailey becomes an astute and amused observer, offering a candid and engaging look into the curious life of this underappreciated small animal. The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating is a remarkable journey of survival and resilience, showing us how a small part of the natural world can illuminate our own human existence, while providing an appreciation of what it means to be fully alive.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Elisabeth Tova Bailey’s essays and short stories have been published in the Yale Journal for Humanities in Medicine, the Missouri Review, Northwest Review, and the Sycamore Review. The hardcover edition of The Sound of Wild Snail Eating was a Barnes & Noble Discover title, an Indie Next Pick, and a Library Journal Best Book of the Year. Bailey has received several Pushcart Prize nominations (in addition to the awards listed above), and the essay on which this book is based received a Notable Essay Listing in Best American Essays. She is on the Writers Council for the National Writing Project. Winner of a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, she lives in Maine.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

THE EARTHLY ADVENTURES OF A WOMAN AND A GASTROPOD
 
Winner of the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing
Winner of the John Burroughs Medal
Winner of the National Outdoor Book Award in Natural History Literature
 
“Brilliant.” —The New York Review of Books
 
“How interesting can a snail be? Entirely captivating, as it turns out. [Bailey] is a marvelous writer, and the marriage of science and poetic mysticism that characterizes this small volume is magical.” —Minneapolis Star Tribune
 
“[A] gem.” —Susan Stamberg, NPR’s Morning Edition
 
“Survival, resilience, and intellectual curiosity . . . Deeply moving. . . Extraordinary.” —Literature and Medicine, the journal of the Institute for the Medical Humanities
 
“An exquisite meditation on the restorative connection between nature and humans . . . As richly layered as the soil she lays down in the snail’s terrarium: loamy, potent, and regenerative.” —The Huffington Post 
 
“[A] small, quiet masterpiece, already destined to become a classic.” —The Washington Times
 
 

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Algonquin Books
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 161620642X
• ISBN 13: 9781616206420
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 208
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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