starts with wonder, imbues that with knowledge, and then alchemizes it all into awe, leaving the reader struck with a blow of revelation.If you're looking for a late-summer beach read, you couldn't possibly do any better than The Sound of the Sea., A delightful, informative, and momentous read for both enthusiasts and readers who've never picked up a shell., In the deeply researched tradition of Rachel Carson's sea-trilogy, Cynthia Barnett enchantingly weaves poetic musings with deep-seated conservation wisdom and ocean science. Thank you, Cynthia Barnett, for honoring the gifts the mollusks have left us, and-like the conch shells that once called the faithful to worship-for giving them the voice to speak for the imperiled ocean., Magnificent. From the prehistoric to the present, seashells have suffused human life, from giving voice to ancient gods to spurring climate solutions today. This song of mingled praise and warning left me shell-shocked, wonder-struck, utterly delighted., The Sound of the Sea is one of those rare, knock-out books that has you gasping in surprise on every page.
It is a travelogue, a finely argued indictment of colonization and capitalism, a reanimation of scientists lost to the official narrative, and, most ringingly, the story of the way shells and the soft and vulnerable animals within them reflect back both the greatness of human ingenuity and the equally immense and rippling effect of human harm to the natural world. This is not a scolding book it's an awestruck travelogue and appreciation of something beautiful.With each page, Barnett's meticulous insights soon had me marveling with new appreciation., The Sound of the Sea is as exquisite, many-chambered, and luminous as the shells Cynthia Barnett describes in her wild and hybrid book.
0 kommentar(er)
