An Obsession With Butterflies - Our Long Love Affair With A Singular Insect
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Metaphor for resurrection and transformation - Butterflies.
"An Obsession With Butterflies" is a beautiful, lyrical book that delves into the infinite fascination humans have for butterflies. It is a must-read for anyone who has ever been captivated by the beauty of butterflies, and for those who wish to delve deeper into the world of butterfly enthusiasts and collectors. The book provides a fascinating insight into the strange world of butterfly obsession, and the individuals who have dedicated their lives to researching and collecting these beautiful creatures.
An Obsession With Butterflies - Our Long Love Affair With A Singular Insect
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ISBN: 9780465071609
Estimated First-hand Retail Price: RM101.87 MYR
Authors:
Sharman Apt Russell
Publisher: Basic Books
Date of Publication: 2004-04-28
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 3.97
(rated by 237 readers)
Description
Sharman Apt Russell again blends her lush voice and keen scientific eye in this marvelous book about butterflies. From Hindu mythology to Aztec sacrifices, butterflies have served as a metaphor for resurrection and transformation. Even during World War II, children in a Polish death camp scratched hundreds of butterflies onto the walls of their barracks. But as Russell points out in this rich and lyrical meditation, butterflies are above all objects of obsession. From the beastly horned caterpillar, whose blood helps it count time, to the peacock butterfly, with wings that hiss like a snake, Russell traces the butterflies through their life cycles, exploring the creatures' own obsessions with eating, mating, and migrating. In this way, she reveals the logic behind our endless fascination with butterflies as well as the driving passion of such legendary collectors as the tragic Eleanor Glanville, whose children declared her mad because of her compulsive butterfly collecting, and the brilliant Henry Walter Bates, whose collections from the Amazon in 1858 helped develop his theory of mimicry in nature. Russell also takes us inside some of the world's most prestigious natural history museums, where scientists painstakingly catalogue and categorize new species of Lepidoptera, hoping to shed light on insect genetics and evolution. A luminous journey through an exotic world of obsession and strange beauty, this is a book to be treasured by anyone who's ever watched a butterfly mid-flight and thought, as Russell has, "I've entered another dimension."
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