Beneath the Skin: Love Letters to the Body by Great Writers - Couverture souple

Beauman, Ned; Alderman, Naomi; Lynch, Thomas; Kerr, Philip; Various; Kennedy, A. L.; Onuzo, Chibundu

 
9781788160964: Beneath the Skin: Love Letters to the Body by Great Writers
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1788160967 ISBN 13 : 9781788160964
Editeur : Wellcome Collection, 2020

Synopsis

'These essays lift back the skin to reveal something secret and precious, articulating private truths and distilling sensation into language ... this collection is a timely, triumphant celebration of our embodiment' - iNews

Buried beneath layers of flesh, our hearts pump, our lungs inflate, our kidneys filter. These organs, and others, are essential to our survival but remain largely unknown to us.

In Beneath the Skin, fifteen writers each explore a different body part: Naomi Alderman unravels the intestines and our obsession with food; Thomas Lynch celebrates the womb as a miracle; AL Kennedy explores the nose's striking ability to conjure memories; and Philip Kerr traces the remarkable history of brain surgery.

Moving, intimate and often unexpected, this is an awe-inspiring voyage through the mysterious landscape of our bodies.

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À propos de l?auteur

Essays by Naomi Alderman, Ned Beauman, William Fiennes, Philip Kerr, Mark Ravenhill, Annie Freud,
Daljit Nagra, Christina Patterson, Chibundo Onuzo, Thomas Lynch, Patrick McGuinness, AL Kennedy, Kayo Chingonyi, Abi Curtis and Imtiaz Dharker.

Beneath the Skin is published in association with Wellcome Collection, a free museum and library that aims to challenge how we think and feel about health. Inspired by the medical objects collected by Henry Wellcome, it connects science, medicine, life and art. Wellcome Collection exhibitions, events and books explore a diverse range of subjects, including consciousness, forensic medicine, emotions, sexology, identity and death.

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Éditeur
Wellcome Collection
Date d'édition
2020
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1788160967
ISBN 13 
9781788160964
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
192
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  1788160959 ISBN 13 :  9781788160957
Editeur : Wellcome Collection, 2018
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