World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments

"Hands-down one of the most beautiful books of the year." --NPRFrom beloved, award-winning poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil comes...
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World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments by Nezhukumatathil, Aimee

World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments

€34,85

World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments

€34,85
Author: Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

"Hands-down one of the most beautiful books of the year." --NPR

From beloved, award-winning poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil comes a debut work of nonfiction--a collection of essays about the natural world, and the way its inhabitants can teach, support, and inspire us.

As a child, Nezhukumatathil called many places home: the grounds of a Kansas mental institution, where her Filipina mother was a doctor; the open skies and tall mountains of Arizona, where she hiked with her Indian father; and the chillier climes of western New York and Ohio. But no matter where she was transplanted--no matter how awkward the fit or forbidding the landscape--she was able to turn to our world's fierce and funny creatures for guidance.

"What the peacock can do," she tells us, "is remind you of a home you will run away from and run back to all your life." The axolotl teaches us to smile, even in the face of unkindness; the touch-me-not plant shows us how to shake off unwanted advances; the narwhal demonstrates how to survive in hostile environments. Even in the strange and the unlovely, Nezhukumatathil finds beauty and kinship. For it is this way with wonder: it requires that we are curious enough to look past the distractions in order to fully appreciate the world's gifts.

Warm, lyrical, and gorgeously illustrated by Fumi Nakamura, World of Wonders is a book of sustenance and joy.



Author: Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Publisher: Milkweed Editions
Published: 09/08/2020
Pages: 184
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.70w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9781571313652


Award: Kirkus Prize - Finalist


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 04/06/2020
Kirkus Reviews 06/01/2020
Foreword 06/26/2020
Library Journal 07/01/2020 pg. 74
Booklist 08/01/2020 pg. 11
Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2020 pg. 33
Shelf Awareness 09/08/2020

About the Author
Aimee Nezhukumatathil is the author of four collections of poems, including, most recently, Oceanic, winner of the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Award. Other awards for her writing include fellowships and grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, Mississippi Arts Council, and MacDowell. Her writing appears in Poetry, the New York Times Magazine, ESPN, and Tin House. She serves as poetry faculty for the Writing Workshops in Greece and is professor of English and creative writing in the University of Mississippi's MFA program.

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