Another timely link. Following our discussion during last class about knowing the “Other,” I ran into this article by Tim Flannery in The New York Review of Books: “Tigers, Humans, and Snails”. He reviews two books, each of which involves close contemplation/observation of other species; one book involves a snail and the other a tiger.
The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating
by Elizabeth Tova Bailey
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 190 pp., $18.95
The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival
by John Vaillant
Knopf, 329 pp., $26.95
Of course, anything written by Vaillant is bound to be good (in my opinion, his book The Golden Spruce is a must-read for all British Columbians). But Flannery’s review/description of The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating also has me deeply intrigued—just the title alone is enough to have me reaching for my wallet!
No comments:
Post a Comment