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Timothy, or Notes of an Abject Reptile (Vintage)
by Verlyn Klinkenborg
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About This Book
ISBN13: 9780679737537 |
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Synopses & Reviews
Publisher Comments:
Few writers have attempted to explore the natural history of a particular animal by adopting the animal’s own sensibility. But Verlyn Klinkenborg has done just that in Timothy: an insightful and utterly engaging story of the world’s most famous tortoise, whose real life was observed by the eighteenth-century English curate and naturalist Gilbert White. For thirteen years, Timothy lived in White’s garden. Here Klinkenborg gives the tortoise an unforgettable voice and keen powers of observation on both human and natural affairs. Wry and wise, unexpectedly moving and enchanting at every–careful–turn, Timothy surprises and delights.
Review:
“Charming and most enjoyable.” –The New York Times
Review:
“Marvelously entertaining. . . . [Klinkenborg] affirm[s] nature, simply by giving it a voice. In the din of our times, that may be one voice worth listening to.” –The Boston Globe
Review:
“Magical. . . . Timothy comes down off the shelf of the Natural History Museum and comes alive, delivering . . . the most satisfying meditation on life and the natural world since Marilynne Robinson’s Gilead.” –Chicago Tribune
Synopsis:
Exploring the natural history of a tortoise by adopting its own sensibility, "Timothy" is the story of a creature whose real life was observed by the 18th-century curate Gilbert White, author of "The Natural history of Senborne."
Synopsis:
Few writers have attempted to explore the natural history of a particular animal by adopting the animal's own sensibility. But Verlyn Klinkenborg has done just that in Timothy: an insightful and utterly engaging story of the world's most famous tortoise, whose real life was observed by the eighteenth-century English curate and naturalist Gilbert White. For thirteen years, Timothy lived in White's garden. Here Klinkenborg gives the tortoise an unforgettable voice and keen powers of observation on both human and natural affairs. Wry and wise, unexpectedly moving and enchanting at every-careful-turn, Timothy surprises and delights.
About the Author
Verlyn Klinkenborg is the author of Making Hay, The Rural Life, and The Last Fine Time. A member of the editorial board of The New York Times, Klinkenborghas been published in The New Yorker, Harper's, Esquire, National Geographic, Smithsonian, Mother Jones, and The New York Times Magazine, among other publications. He lives in upstate New York.
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Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9780679737537
- Author:
- Publisher:
- Vintage Books USA
- Subject:
- Literary
- Subject:
- Reptiles & Amphibians
- Subject:
- Training
- Subject:
- Turtles
- Subject:
- Naturalists
- Subject:
- Fairy Tales, Folklore & Mythology
- Series:
- Vintage
- Publication Date:
- January 2007
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Language:
- English
- Pages:
- 178
- Dimensions:
- 7.98x5.24x.42 in. .46 lbs.
