Aurochs and Auks : Essays on mortality and extinction
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
1908213892
ISBN-13
9781908213891
Publisher
Little Toller Books
Imprint
Little Toller Books
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 18th, 2021
Weight
344 grams
Dimensions
15.70 x 23.30 x 1.90 cms
Product Classification:
MemoirsMemoirsLiterary essaysEssaysWildlife: general interest
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Essays on extinction, death, renewal and continuity by the acclaimed writer and poet. Prompted by his own near death experience Burnside reflects on the stories of the auroch, the great auk, and of humanity.
Aurochs and Auks is a deeply moving and intelligent meditation on the natural processes of death and extinction, renewal and continuity. Prompted by his own near-death in a time of pandemic, John Burnside explores the history of the auroch (Bos primigenius), the wild cattle that has become the source of so much sacred and cultural imagery across Europe, from the Minotaur and the Cretan bull dances to Spanish corrida traditions. He then tells the story of the Great Auk, a curious bird whose extinction in the mid-nineteenth century was caused by human persecution and before stepping into multiple extinctions of the outer and inner world.
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