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, who won the Lannan Literary Award in 1998, is the author of several works, including Calamities of Exile: Three Nonfiction Novellas and Wilson's Cabinet of Wonder, which was a Pulitzer Prize and National Book Critics Circle Award finalist.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780679764892 |
| ISBN 10 | 0679764895 |
| Title | Mr. Wilson's Cabinet Of Wonder |
| Author | Lawrence Weschler |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 1996-11-26 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for National Book Critics Circle Award (General Nonfiction) 1995 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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