Published: 4 October 2012
Hardback, Royal HB
156x234mm, 448 pages
ISBN: 9781847081728
£25.00
The Book of Barely Imagined Beings
A 21st-Century Bestiary
Other Editions
Paperback
Published: 3 October 2013
Paperback, B Format
129x198mm, 448 pages
ISBN: 9781847082442
£10.99
Illustrated by Golbanou Moghaddas
Overview
From Axolotl to Zebrafish, meet a world of 'barely imagined beings': real creatures that are often stranger and more astonishing than anything dreamt in the pages of a medieval bestiary. Ranging from the depths of the ocean to the most arid corners of the earth, Caspar Henderson captures the beauty and bizarreness of the many living forms we thought we knew and some we could never have contemplated, and invites us to better imagine the world around us. An extraordinary, vivid combination of natural history and spiritual primer, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings is a mind-expanding, wonder-inducing read.
With specially commissioned illustrations by Golbanou Moghaddas.
About the author
Caspar Henderson is a journalist and writer who has worked for the Financial Times, the Independent, and the New Scientist. From 2002 to 2005 he was a senior editor at OpenDemocracy. He received the Roger Deakin Award from the Society of Authors in 2009, and the Royal Society of Literature Jerwood Award in 2010. He is currently writing a bestiary for the 21st Century called The Book of Barely Imagined Beings. He lives in Oxford, England. More about the author
