A Book of Noises: Notes on the Auraculous

by Caspar Henderson

Book Overview

A wide-ranging exploration of the sounds that shape our world in invisible yet significant ways.

The crackling of a campfire. The scratch, hiss, and pop of a vinyl record. The first glug of wine as it is poured from a bottle. These are just a few of writer Caspar Henderson's favorite sounds. In A Book of Noises, Henderson invites readers to use their ears a little better--to tune in to the world in all its surprising noisiness...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226842665
• ISBN13: 9780226842660
• Release Date: May 2025
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 272 Pages