Gentle and Fierce

Gentle and Fierce

by Vanessa Berry
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 01/07/2021

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New collection of essays on the relationships between humans and animals, by Vanessa Berry, author of Mirror Sydney, and the memoir of adolescence Ninety9.Gentle and Fierce focuses on the world of animals, and the way their presence has shaped the author’s attitudes and her sense of self. Having spent her life in city environments, Vanessa Berry’s experiences with animals have largely been through encounters with urban creatures, representations of animals in art and the media, and as decorative ornaments or kitsch. The essays suggest that these mediated encounters, rather than being mundane or removed from nature, provide meaningful connections with the animal world, at a time in which it is threatened by climate change and environmental destruction.The subjects of Berry’s singular bestiary include butterflies, a glass fish, a stuffed Kodiak bear, the rabbits on a Japanese island, the sinking horse from The NeverEnding Story, snails and flies, a porcelain otter, Lassie, dream spiders and cats, and wallabies on the Isle of Man. Berry responds to each with the attentiveness and empathy that is the hallmark of her writing. The essays are accompanied by illustrations that testify to her background as an artist and zine maker.

ISBN:
9781925818802
9781925818802
Category:
Literary essays
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
01-07-2021
Language:
English
Publisher:
Giramondo Publishing
Vanessa Berry

Vanessa Berry is the author of the memoirs Ninety 9 and Strawberry Hills Forever and the Sydney exploration blog Mirror Sydney.

She is also known as a visual artist and her work has been exhibited at galleries such as the Museum of Contemporary Art and Museum of Sydney.

Her work explores the urban environment through memory, imagination and encounter, with a focus on hidden, lost and forgotten places and their stories.

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