Sound at the Edge of Perception: The Aural Minutiae of Sand and Other Worldly Murmurings

by Sean Street

Book Overview

This book is about the tiny sounds of the world, and listening to them, the minute signals that are clues to who and where we are. A very small sound, given the context of its history, becomes hugely significant, and even an imagined sound in a picture becomes almost a voice. By speaking a name, we give a person back to the world, and a breath, a sigh, a laugh or a cry need no language. A phoneme is the start of all stories, and were we able to tune...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9811316120
• ISBN13: 9789811316128
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
• Length: 138 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.8" x 8.3"