The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating
Description
Confined to her bed by a debilitating illness, Elisabeth Tova Bailey found an unexpected window into the natural world through a terrarium on her bedside table. Within it, a common woodland snail became the subject of her intense, often poetic, observation. This intimate narrative explores the profound connection between human consciousness and the intricate, often overlooked, rhythms of nature, revealing the resilience of the human spirit even in the face of profound physical limitations. Bailey's exquisite prose transforms the mundane into the magnificent, inviting readers to contemplate the quiet wonders of existence and the surprising sources of solace and inspiration.
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paperback
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Published Jan 1, 2010
190 pages
ISBN: 9781565126060
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First Published
2010
Language
eng
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