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Aurochs and auks
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- Book Synopsis
- '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, 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 puffin-like Great Auk, a curious bird whose extinctio
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781908213891
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Little Toller Books, (18 October 2021)
- Number of Pages
- 200
- Weight
- 346 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 157 x 233 x 19 mm
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