Beasts of the sea
Turpeinen, Iida2025
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1859. The Russian colony of Alaska is on the brink of collapse. Governor Hampus Furuhjelm takes solace in the quest for a unique artefact: a complete skeleton of what is now known as Steller's Sea Cow, rumoured to have disappeared a hundred years before. Even extinct, the sea cow will continue to shape lives and destinies, from the woman charged with sketching its likeness from its bones, to the expert egg restorer who will refurbish those same bones a century later. A tribute to an iconic lost creature, and an adventure through three centuries of scientific exploration, 'Beasts of the Sea' charts the unseen consequences of grand human ambitions and the urge to resurrect what we, in our ignorance, have destroyed.
Main title:
Beasts of the sea / Iida Turpeinen ; translated by David Hackston.
Author:
Turpeinen, Iida, authorHackston, David, translator
Work:
Imprint:
London : MacLehose Press, 2025.
Collation:
288 pages ; 23 cm
Notes:
Translated from the Finnish.
ISBN:
9781529438291 (hbk)
Dewey class:
894.54134
Language:
EnglishFinnish
Added title:
BRN:
4167513