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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Bedside Book of Beasts: A Wildlife Miscellany (2009)di Graeme Gibson
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. "The Bedside Book of Beasts: A Wildlife Miscellany," by Graeme Gibson, is a compendium of writing about animals ranging from the ancient Greek writer Aelian to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to Barry Lopez and beyond, along with occasional commentary by the author. It is arranged in a series of chapters concerning the relationships between predator and prey, animals and environment, mythology and animals, creatures and humans. Most gloriously, it is generously supplied with illustrations going back as far as the upper Paleolithic, which are absolutely gorgeous. Printed on heavy paper, this is a volume to be savoured slowly, dipping into it a page at a time, the better to draw out its pleasures. A complete delight. "When you turned from this ideal form of supple beauty--of terrific force in repose--of silent and royal disdain--to the human creatures who were timidly gazing at it, open-eyed and open-mouthed, it was not the human beings who had the superiority over the animal. The latter was so much the superior that the comparison was humiliating." - Barbery D'Aurevilly (1808-1889), France "It is the desperate wail of the Cicada, surprised in his quietude by the Green Grasshopper, that ardent nocturnal huntress, who springs upon him, grips him in the side, opens and ransacks his abdomen. An orgy of music, followed by butchery." - Jean-Henre Fabre (1823-1915), France "Kill every buffalo you can!" Colonel Richard Dodge urged a sport hunter in 1867. "Every buffalo dead is an Indian gone." - William Temple Hornaday (1854-1937), United States "The natives say if you listen to a lion roaring you can hear what he says 'Hee-e-e inchi ya nani? Yangu. Yangu. Yangu.' (Whose country is this? Mine. Mine. Mine.)" - K. de P. Beaton, details unknown The book is filled with gorgeous illustrations and a diverse collection of writing by various authors. There's so much to be found here, including excerpts from literature, poetry, journal entries, and folklore. Large swaths of the book dealt with death, violence, and man's relationship with the natural world. All these elements came together to lay bare the lives of beasts, both real and imaginary. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
The complex connection between the hunter and the hunted has defined animal life on Earth throughout its long history. Gibson gathers works of art and literature that capture the power, grace, and inventiveness of both predators and their natural prey. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)591.53Natural sciences and mathematics Zoology Specific topics in natural history of animals Habits and behavior FoodClassificazione LCVotoMedia:
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Gave this to my mom for Christmas. She loved it, so I'm borrowing it. Can't wait to start it tonight. ( )