The Evolution of Inanimate Objects: The Life and Collected Works of Thomas Darwin (1857-1879)

Harry Karlinsky

ISBN 10: 1897415311 / ISBN 13: 9781897415313

Editore: Insomniac Press, 2010

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• Titolo: The Evolution of Inanimate Objects: The Life and Collected Works of Thomas Darwin (1857-1879)
• Editore: Insomniac Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1897415311
• ISBN 13: 9781897415313
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Condizione: Brand New
• Peso: 0,23 chilogrammi

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While carrying out historical research at Ontarios London Asylum, psychiatrist Harry Karlinsky comes across a familiar surname in the register: one Thomas Darwin of Down, England. Could this Thomas be a relation of the eminent scientist Charles Darwin? In a narrative woven from letters, memoir abstracts, photographs, and illustrations, what emerges is a sketch of Thomass life the last of eleven children born to Charles Darwin.In this stunning factitious biography, Karlinsky gives us a subtle parody and a Nabokovian tale of Darwinian theory gone wrong. Through the sometimes doctored, sometimes invented writings, we see the tragically short life of Thomas Darwin, a young scientist in his own right, whose novel application of evolutionary theory centres on knives and forks and spoons. Although decisively a work of fiction, The Evolution of Inanimate Objects invites sustained uncertainty as to whether Thomas Darwin is a character of pure invention or simply a heretofore little-known figure.

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