The Book of Unconformities: Speculations on Lost Time

by Hugh Raffles

Book Overview

From the author of the acclaimed Insectopedia, a powerful exploration of loss, endurance, and the absences that permeate the present

When Hugh Raffles's two sisters died suddenly within a few weeks of each other, he reached for rocks, stones, and other seemingly solid objects as anchors in a world unmoored, as ways to make sense of these events through stories far larger than his own.

A moving, profound, and affirming...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804197997
• ISBN13: 9780804197991
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Pantheon Books
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.4" x 9.4"