Elisabeth Tova Bailey

The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

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 albolabrisa 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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Algonquin Books
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. August 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781616200244
• Artikelnr.: 37927306

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Helen Macdonald Prologue Part I - The Violet-Pot Adventures
Field Violets Discovery Explorations Part II - A Green Kingdom The Forest
Floor Life in a Microcosm Time and Territory Part III - Juxtapositions
Thousands of Teeth Telescopic Tentacles Marvellous Spirals Secret Recipes
Part IV - The Cultural Life Colonies of Hermits Midnight Leap A Snail's
Thoughts Deep Sleep Part V - Love and Mystery Cryptic Life Affairs of a
Snail Bereft Offspring Part VI - Familiar Territory Release Winter Snail
Spring Rain Night Stars Epilogue Acknowledgements Appendix: Terraria
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