Uses of Slime Mould Essays of Four Decades |
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Author:
| Mosley, Nicholas |
Series title: | British Literature Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-1-56478-360-8 |
Publication Date: | Jun 2004 |
Publisher: | Deep Vellum Publishing
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Imprint: | Dalkey Archive Press |
Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $29.95 |
Book Description:
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Including pieces on Gregory Bateson, William,Faulkner, Philip Pullman, Sir Oswald Mosley's,politics and stammering, this diverse collection,gathers essays written by Whitbread award-winning,Nicholas Mosley, author of Hopeful Monsters, over,the past forty years. Resembling the behaviour of,slime mould - a strange organism made up of separ-,ate amoebae that temporarily form a single pillar,which then bursts in order to scatter its seeds,across the forest floor - the ideas found in...
More DescriptionIncluding pieces on Gregory Bateson, William,Faulkner, Philip Pullman, Sir Oswald Mosley's,politics and stammering, this diverse collection,gathers essays written by Whitbread award-winning,Nicholas Mosley, author of Hopeful Monsters, over,the past forty years. Resembling the behaviour of,slime mould - a strange organism made up of separ-,ate amoebae that temporarily form a single pillar,which then bursts in order to scatter its seeds,across the forest floor - the ideas found in these,essays converge and disperse, cros disciplinesand create anew way of seeing the world.