The Golden Mole - and Other Living Treasure
Verlag | Faber & Faber |
Auflage | 2022 |
Seiten | 208 |
Format | 16,6 x 2,1 x 21,4 cm |
Gewicht | 560 g |
Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
EAN | 9780571362493 |
Bestell-Nr | 57136249EA |
A gloriously illustrated and fascinating bestiary of the world's most extraordinary endangered animals - a treasure trove of vanishing wonders.
§'A rare and magical book. I didn't want it to end.' Bill Bryson
'A witty, intoxicating paean to Earth's wondrous creatures.' Observer
'A total miracle.' Max Porter
'Rundell's pen is gold-tipped.' Sunday Times
'I love everything about this book: it is a rare little treasure.' Joanna Lumley
__ SHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONES AND FOYLES BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS __
The world is more astonishing, more miraculous and more wonderful than our wildest imaginings. In this passionately persuasive and sharply funny book, Katherine Rundell tells us how and why.
A lavishly illustrated collection of the lives of some of the Earth's most astounding animals, The Golden Mole is a chance to be awestruck and lovestruck - to reckon with the beauty of the world, its fragility, and its strangeness.
A swift flies two million kilometres in its lifetime. That's far enough to get to the moon and back twice over - and then once more to the moon. A pangolin keeps its tongu e furled in a pouch by its hip. A Greenland shark can live five hundred years. A wombat once inspired a love poem.
Rezension:
From bears to bats to hermit crabs, a witty, intoxicating paean to Earth's wondrous creatures . . . shot through with Rundell's characteristic wit and swagger. Guardian