Book description
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…
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1 author picked The Book of Unconformities as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Raffles explores geology through both a historic and an autobiographical lens.
We might understand the ‘unconformities’ of the title as both unconventional geological formations and members of Raffles’s own family (though I imagine he might question my urge to distinguish between the two.)
The book is episodic, and follows Raffles on his travels to sites of geological and personal significance.
Throughout he also draws out the long history of exploitation bound up in our relationship to the mineral realm, including the removal of iron-rich meteorites from indigenous communities in the arctic circle, and the forced labour of the Glimmerwerke …
From Hettie's list on making you fall in love with stones.
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