Things That Are Encounters with Plants, Stars and Animals
- 1 Dec 2017
- 9781786893550
- £10.99
- 208 pp
- 129×198mm
- 6 Jun 2013
- 9780857868640
- £8.79
- 208 pp
In a few words
A highly irresistible debut that celebrates the universe in all its wondrous glory
In a few words
A highly original and irresistible debut that begins with salmon and ends with the stars, celebrating the universe in all its wondrous glory
This book is a thing of wonder. Amy Leach has found delight in the details of the world, and taken exuberant pleasure in putting that delight into the most unexpected words. Each paragraph carries phrases to underline and read aloud; each page offers another way of seeing the world anew. A sheer delight
Jon Mcgregor
No amount of viewings of Planet Earth will prepare you for Leach's vision or her style, her tumultuous, incantatory rejoicing in the astonishing multiplicity of the Earth... Buy this book for everyone you know
Olivia Laing
ObserverThis book is a thing of wonder. Amy Leach has found delight in the details of the world, and taken exuberant pleasure in putting that delight into the most unexpected words. Each paragraph carries phrases to underline and read aloud; each page offers another way of seeing the world anew. A sheer delight
Jon Mcgregor
Like a descendant of Lewis Carroll and Emily Dickinson, Amy Leach brings new meaning to the world without us, and within. A reader entering this book to learn more about the universe will exit knowing much more about her own self. At once large and intimate, [Things That Are] introduces one of the most exciting and original writers in America
Yiyun Li, Author Of Gold Boy, Emerald Girl And The Vagrants
More about
the book
This is a book about the universe which begins with swimming salmon and ends with the starry sky. From the tiniest Earth dwellers to far-flung celestial bodies – considering everything from the similarity of gods to donkeys, to exploding stars and exploding sea cucumbers – Amy Leach rekindles our communion with the world. This stunning debut will leave you with a deeper understanding of the universe and a greater sense of the magic that surrounds us.
More about
the book
Progressing from the tiniest Earth dwellers to far-flung celestial bodies – considering everything from the similarity of gods to donkeys, to exploding stars and exploding sea cucumbers along the way – Amy Leach rekindles our communion with the world.
Like a descendant of Lewis Carroll and Emily Dickinson, Amy Leach brings new meaning to the world without us, and within. A reader entering this book to learn more about the universe will exit knowing much more about her own self. At once large and intimate, [Things That Are] introduces one of the most exciting and original writers in America
Yiyun Li, Author Of Gold Boy, Emerald Girl And The Vagrants
Things That Are is a joy. Every sentence is a surprise, bursting open like little pop-rocks
Brian Eno
The 26 pieces here are short, pithy, and packed with information delivered in poetic but precise language. It is rich fare. Don't read too much in one sitting. These are the gold flakes you scatter on the rice dish of your everyday reading
Julian Gough
GuardianIt's impossible not to be charmed by the way she finds the magical in the prosaic - but never loses sight of the science
Things That Are is a joy. Every sentence is a surprise, bursting open like little pop-rocks
Brian Eno
The 26 pieces here are short, pithy, and packed with information delivered in poetic but precise language. It is rich fare. Don't read too much in one sitting. These are the gold flakes you scatter on the rice dish of your everyday reading
Julian Gough
GuardianNo amount of viewings of Planet Earth will prepare you for Leach's vision or her style, her tumultuous, incantatory rejoicing in the astonishing multiplicity of the Earth... Buy this book for everyone you know
Olivia Laing
ObserverIt's impossible not to be charmed by the way she finds the magical in the prosaic - but never loses sight of the science
