Mr Wilson's Cabinet of Wonder
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Mr Wilson's Cabinet of Wonder by Lawrence Weschler
Finalist for Pulitzer Prize for General NonfictionFinalist for National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction Pronged ants, horned humans, a landscape carved on a fruit pit--some of the displays in David Wilson's Museum of Jurassic Technology are hoaxes. But which ones? As he guides readers through an intellectual hall of mirrors, Lawrence Weschler revisits the 16th-century wonder cabinets that were the first museums and compels readers to examine the imaginative origins of both art and science.
Lawrence Weschler is the author of more than ten books, including Mr. Wilson's Cabinet of Wonder, which was shortlisted for both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. He was a staff writer at The New Yorker for more than twenty years and is a regular contributor to McSweeney's. Since 2001 he has been the director of the New York Institute for the Humanities at New York University. He lives in Westchester County, New York, with his wife and daughter.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780679439981 |
| ISBN 10 | 0679439986 |
| Title | Mr Wilson's Cabinet of Wonder |
| Author | Lawrence Weschler |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 1995-10-10 |
| Number of pages | 163 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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