World of Wonders

In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks and Other Astonishments

Aimee Nezhukumatathil (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

192 Seiten

2022 | Main
Souvenir Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78816-891-5 (ISBN)

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A sparkling collection of essays about the natural world, illustrated throughout - a magnificent bestiary, and an unforgettable book of sustenance, resilience and joy.

A New York Times Bestseller

'Within two pages, nature writing feels different and fresh and new ... This book demands we find the eyes to see and the heart to love such things once more. It is a very fine book indeed, truly full of wonder' - James Rebanks, author of Pastoral Song

'Unusual and captivating ... a thing of wonder, the book that most took me by surprise this year' - Jini Reddy, author of Wanderland

Aimee Nezhukumatathil has had many homes, but wherever she was - however awkward the fit or forbidding the landscape - she found guidance and perspective in nature.

The axolotl smiles, even in the face of unkindness; the touch-me-not plant shakes off unwanted advances; the narwhal survives its hostile environment. Even in the strange and the unlovely, Nezhukumatathil finds beauty and kinship.

Warm, lyrical and gorgeously illustrated by Fumi Mini Nakamura, this book ranges through joy and pain, encountering love, motherhood and heritage, racism and the destruction humans can wreak. In all those things, it shows that if you listen carefully, if you open your eyes wide, the world is full of wonders.

Aimee Nezhukumatathil is the author of four collections of poems, including Oceanic, winner of the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Award. Her writing appears in Poetry, The New York Times Magazine and Tin House. She serves as poetry faculty for the Writing Workshops in Greece, and is professor of English and creative writing in the University of Mississippi's MFA program. This is her first work of nonfiction. Fumi Mini Nakamura is an artist and illustrator based in New York, and is represented by Thinkspace Art Projects in Los Angeles. She has been commissioned to produce original work for numerous commercial clients including Harper's Magazine, Puma, GAP, Dior, Urban Outfitters, and the Cornucopia Institute.

Erscheinungsdatum	23.07.2022
Illustrationen	Fumi Mini Nakamura
Zusatzinfo	Black & white illustrations throughout
Sprache	englisch
Maße	128 x 196 mm
Gewicht	215 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-78816-891-7 / 1788168917
ISBN-13	978-1-78816-891-5 / 9781788168915
Zustand	Neuware