Author | Elisabeth Tova Bailey |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Subject | Ecology |
Publisher | Algonquin Books |
Publication date | 2010 |
ISBN | 978-1565126060 |
The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating is a 2010 non-fiction book written by Elisabeth Tova Bailey.
The book describes the author's observations of an individual land snail in the species Neohelix albolabris, which lived in a terrarium next to her while she was confined to bed through dysautonomia, mitochondrial disease and chronic fatigue syndrome. [1] The presence of the snail offered the author the opportunity to discover the peculiarities of its anatomy and behaviour, and helped her to cope with her own illness. [2] She also deepened the scientific aspects of her small guest's natural history, and became aware of the richness of its existence. [3] In the last page of the book Tova Bailey wishes terrestrial snails to survive to the ongoing Holocene extinction.
As far as late 2019 The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating has been translated into eleven languages. [7]
A short movie (15'), inspired by the book and directed by Elisabeth Tova Bailey herself, was presented in 2019 at the 8th edition of the Brattleboro Film Festival [8] and entered the official selection of the 2019 American Conservation Film Festival [9]
Author | Elisabeth Tova Bailey |
---|---|
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Subject | Ecology |
Publisher | Algonquin Books |
Publication date | 2010 |
ISBN | 978-1565126060 |
The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating is a 2010 non-fiction book written by Elisabeth Tova Bailey.
The book describes the author's observations of an individual land snail in the species Neohelix albolabris, which lived in a terrarium next to her while she was confined to bed through dysautonomia, mitochondrial disease and chronic fatigue syndrome. [1] The presence of the snail offered the author the opportunity to discover the peculiarities of its anatomy and behaviour, and helped her to cope with her own illness. [2] She also deepened the scientific aspects of her small guest's natural history, and became aware of the richness of its existence. [3] In the last page of the book Tova Bailey wishes terrestrial snails to survive to the ongoing Holocene extinction.
As far as late 2019 The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating has been translated into eleven languages. [7]
A short movie (15'), inspired by the book and directed by Elisabeth Tova Bailey herself, was presented in 2019 at the 8th edition of the Brattleboro Film Festival [8] and entered the official selection of the 2019 American Conservation Film Festival [9]