Name: Von Riesenalks und Auerochsen
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ISBN: 9783328603184

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In the Footsteps of Lost Species: Thoughtful, touching, and nostalgic essays about our place in nature. In 1844, two large, black-and-white feathered birds perch on a basalt rock off the coast of Iceland. However, museum collectors have set their sights on them. With their waddling gait, these penguin-like creatures attempt to flee to the edge of the cliff, but they cannot fly and are driven into a corner. Thus, the collectors unknowingly drive an entire species to extinction: the Great Auk. In his essays, John Burnside traces the remnants of a wilder, richer world and reflects in a thoughtful and poignant manner on the issue of human-caused extinction. It is not only about species extinction; Burnside also includes lost places, languages, and cultural diversity. "Of Great Auks and Aurochs" serves as a critique of nature, cultural history, and civilization, advocating for a new understanding of our own mortality and our place in the world. It is a deeply sorrowful evocation of what we have lost—and an urgent plea to protect what remains.

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