Where the Seals Sing - Richardson, Susan

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Résumé :

There are fewer grey seals in the world than endangered African elephants, but the British Isles host almost half of this global population. Every year these charismatic animals, with their expressive eyes and whiskers more sensitive than our fingertips, haul out on our shores to breed and raise their pups.

As graceful in the sea as they might seem clumsy on land, grey seals have visited our shores and enriched our culture for centuries. Yet we still know relatively little about these captivating animals. As Susan Richardson journeys to the crags and crevices of the coast, she explores the mysteries and mythologies of seals, learning not just how they live but also how we ought to live with them.
PRAISE FOR SUSAN RICHARDSON
'Cut and precise, archaic and innovative, transcendent and in-the-moment, [Richardson] sees the life of the sea as a mirror of ourselves, and vice versa: always changing, always the same ... Vital, glorious and salutary'
PHILIP HOARE, AUTHOR OF LEVIATHAN
'[Richardson] writes in prehensile language, capable of grasping something vast, ancient, chthonic: the Earth in must'
JAY GRIFFITHS, AUTHOR OF WILD
'Richardson beautifully marries the landscape of the polar regions with their - and her own - emotional topography'
SARA WHEELER
Susan Richardson has always been entranced by seals...

Biographie:

At the age of six, when asked the usual question about what she wanted to be when she grew up, Susan Richardson replied, 'I want to travel round the world and write about animals.' She is the author of four collections of poetry, the most recent of which, Words the Turtle Taught Me, themed around endangered ocean species, emerged from her residency with the Marine Conservation Society and was shortlisted for the Ted Hughes Award. In addition to her ongoing writing residency with the British Animal Studies Network, facilitated by the University of Strathclyde, she has shared her work on BBC Two and Radio 3, and enjoyed a four-year stint as one of the poet-performers on Radio 4's Saturday Live.