The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating (Hardcover)

from Laurenbdavis

As astonishing as it may sound, reading about seriously ill woman finding companionship with a wild snail who lives next to her sick bed is an experience both profound and moving. It is a meditation on life with the microcosm of a gastropod's life serving as the symbol for the majesty, mystery, t...

from dk_phoenix

I'm so, so grateful to whoever recommended this book. It's not the kind of thing I would typically pick up, but I'm very glad I did (and I've already loaned it out because I couldn't not share it with others). Briefly, the story is a memoir about the author's illness and isolation during her reco...

from krazy4katz

This is a beautifully written memoir of a woman who contracts a mysterious but debilitating illness that leaves her bedridden for over a year. A friend brings a snail from the forest and places it on a flowerpot on her windowsill. She becomes attached to the snail, her constant companion during t...

from rosalita

I've lost my notes on which LibraryThing user first recommended this book to me, but I owe them my thanks. You might think you will speed through this lovely little (just 120 pages) book, but if you are like me you'll find yourself deliberately slowing down to savor Bailey's beautiful prose and g...

from BlackSheepDances

"...the snail had emerged from its shell into the alien territory of my room, with no clue as to where it was or how it had arrived; the lack of vegetation and the desertlike surroundings must have seemed strange. The snail and I were both living in altered landscapes not of our choosing; I figur...