{"product_id":"invisible-beasts-tales-of-the-animals-that-go-unseen-among-us-9781934137802","title":"Invisible Beasts: Tales of the Animals That Go Unseen Among Us","description":"\u003cb\u003eInternational IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOrion Book Award Finalist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eO, The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e \"Title to Pick Up Now\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An amazing feat of imagination.\" --\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eInvisible Beasts\u003c\/i\u003e is a strange and beautiful meditation on love and seeing, a hybrid of fantasy and field guide, novel and essay, treatise and fable. With one hand it offers a sad commentary on environmental degradation, while with the other it presents a bright, whimsical, and funny exploration of what it means to be human. It's wonderfully written, crazily imagined, and absolutely original.\" --\u003cb\u003eANTHONY DOERR\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eAll the Light We Cannot See\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Shell Collector\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSophie is an amateur naturalist with a rare genetic gift: the ability to see a marvelous kingdom of invisible, sentient creatures that share a vital relationship with humankind. To record her observations, Sophie creates a personal bestiary and, as she relates the strange abilities of these endangered beings, her tales become extraordinary meditations on love, sex, evolution, extinction, truth, and self-knowledge. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the tradition of E.O. Wilson's \u003ci\u003eAnthill, Invisible Beasts\u003c\/i\u003e is inspiring, philosophical, and richly detailed fiction grounded by scientific fact and a profound insight into nature. The fantastic creations within its pages--an ancient animal that uses natural cold fusion for energy, a species of vampire bat that can hear when their human host is lying, a continent-sized sponge living under the ice of Antarctica--illuminate the role that all living creatures play in the environment and remind us of what we stand to lose if we fail to recognize our entwined destinies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSharona Muir\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Telling: Tracing the Secrets of My Father's Lives.\u003c\/i\u003e The recipient of a Hodder Fellowship and National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, her writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eGranta, Orion\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, \u003ci\u003eVirginia Quarterly Review, The Paris Review, \u003c\/i\u003e and elsewhere. She is a Professor of Creative Writing and English at Bowling Green State University. \u003ci\u003eInvisible Beasts\u003c\/i\u003e is her first novel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bellevue Literary Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/15\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781934137802\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 254\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.10h x 4.90w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/14\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2014 pg. 98\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/15\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2014 pg. 33\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Sharona Muir","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39992137482421,"sku":"9781934137802","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_9c2b9c24-3220-4f26-8bb7-04a1aef121c0.jpg?v=1620707362","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/invisible-beasts-tales-of-the-animals-that-go-unseen-among-us-9781934137802","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}