The sound of a wild snail eating / Elisabeth Tova Bailey.
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Dartington :
Green Books,
2010.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Summary: | In a work that beautifully demonstrates the rewards of closely observing nature, Elisabeth Bailey shares an inspiring and intimate story of her uncommon encounter with a "Neohelix albolabris" --a common woodland snail. While an illness keeps her bedridden, Elisabeth Bailey watches a wild snail that has taken up residence in a terrarium alongside her bed. She enters the rhythm of life of this mysterious creature, and comes to a greater understanding of her own confined place in the world. In a work that beautifully demonstrates the rewards of closely observing nature, she shares the inspiring and intimate story of her close encounter with Neohelix albolabris a common woodland snail. Intrigued by the snail's world from its strange anatomy to its mysterious courtship activities; she becomes a fascinated and amused observer of the snail's curious life. The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating is an affirmation of the healing power of nature, revealing how much of the world we miss in our busy daily lives, and how truly magical it is. A remarkable journey of survival and resilience, The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating shows how a small part of the natural world can illuminate our own human existence and deepen our appreciation of what it means to be fully alive. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (201 pages) : illustrations |
| Other format: | Print version: Tova Bailey, Elisabeth The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating 9781900322911 |
| Notes: | "This book is based on an essay that appeared in the Missouri review"--Title page verso. Bib#: 2011386 |
| Language: | English |
| ISBN: | 9780857840035 (electronic bk.) 0857840037 (electronic bk.) |
| Bib#: | 2011386 |
