Lost Worlds: What Have We Lost, & Where Did It Go? - Softcover

Bywater, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1862077983 ISBN 13: 9781862077980

Publisher: Granta Books, 2005

Synopsis

Works of art disappear, species are extinguished, books are lost, cities drown, things once thought immortal suddenly aren’t there at all. Whole libraries of knowledge, and whole galleries of secrets are gone. Our culture, our knowledge, and all our lives are shadows cast by what went before. We are defined, not by what we have, but by what we have lost along the way. Lost Worlds is a glossary of the missing, a cabinet of absent curiosities. No mere miscellany, it weaves a web of everything we no longer have. Michael Bywater, "Lost Worlds" columnist for the Independent on Sunday, teaches at Cambridge University.

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From the Publisher:

They vanish. People. Civilizations. Languages. Philosophies. Works of art disappear, species are extinguished, books are lost, cities drown, things once thought immortal suddenly aren't there at all. Whole libraries of knowledge, whole galleries of secrets. Gone. Our culture, our knowledge, and all our lives are shadows cast by what went before. We are defined, not by what we have, but by what we have lost along the way. And so, Lost Worlds: a glossary of the missing, a cabinet of absent curiosities. No mere miscellany, it weaves a web of everything we no longer have. Lost Worlds: the book that falls open at every page.

About the Author:

Michael Bywater, "Lost Worlds" columnist for the INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY, teaches at Cambridge University.

About this edition

• Publisher: Granta Books
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1862077983
• ISBN 13: 9781862077980
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 296