Elena Passarello

Animals Strike Curious Poses

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Produktbeschreibung

With exuberant wit, Elena Passarello casts her gaze on famous historical animals, crafting an essay collection organized as medieval bestiary.

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• Verlag: Sarabande Books
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. September 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 201mm x 137mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 322g
• ISBN-13: 9781956046182
• ISBN-10: 1956046186
• Artikelnr.: 64202066

Autorenporträt

Elena Passarello is an essayist, teacher, and performer whose work has appeared in National Geographic, Paris Review, Audubon, the New York Times, and Best American Science and Nature Writing. In 2019, Outside named Elena one of “25 Essential Women Authors Writing About the Wild.” A recipient of the Whiting Award in nonfiction and the Oregon Book Award, her writing has been translated into five languages. She teaches in the MFA program at Oregon State University, and can be heard weekly on PRX arts and culture radio show Live Wire!

Inhaltsangabe

1. Yuka (Mammuthus primigenius)
39000BP 2. The Wolf of Gubbio (Canis lupus)
1220 3. Ganda (Rhinoceros unicornis)
1515 4. Sackerson (Ursus arctos arctos)
1601 5. Jeoffry (Felis catus)
1760 6. Vogel Staar (Sturnus vulgaris)
1784 7. Barry (Canis familiaris)
1814 8. Harriet (Geochelone nigra porteri)
1835-2006 9. War Pigs (Columba livia domestica)
1870-2014 10. Jumbo (Loxodonta Africana)
1885 11. Four Horsemen (Equus caballus)
1901-2012 12. Mike (Gallus gallus)
1948 13. Pigasus (Sus scrofa domesticus)
1968 14. Arabella (Areneus diadematus)
1973 15. Osama (Crocodylus niloticus)
2003 16. Cecil (Panthera leo bleyenberghi)
2015

Rezensionen

I've spent decades reading books on the roles animals play in human cultures, but none have ever made me think, and feel, as much as this one. It's a devastating meditation on our relationship to the natural world. It might be the best book on animals I've ever read. It's also the only one that's made me laugh out loud. Helen Macdonald New York Times Book Review