The Second Body

THE SECOND BODY is a brilliantly lucid account of the dissolving boundaries between all life on earth.

About the author

Daisy Hildyard holds a PhD in the history of science, and has previously published essays on the language of science, and on seventeenth-century mathematics. Her first novel Hunters in the Snow received the Somerset Maugham Award and a '5 under 35' honorarium at the USA National Book Awards. She lives with her family in North Yorkshire, where she was born.

Summary

The Second Body is a brilliantly lucid account of the dissolving boundaries between all life on earth.

Product details

• Authors: Daisy Hildyard
• Publisher: Fitzcarraldo Editions
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.11.2017
• EAN: 9781910695470
• ISBN: 978-1-910695-47-0
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 195 mm x 5 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Novel-like biographies; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general)