Vanishing Treasures

Praise

Praise for Vanishing Treasures:

“A rare and magical book. I didn’t want it to end.”
—Bill Bryson, bestselling author of The Body and A Walk in the Woods

“Whether she is writing about a jumping spider, a hedgehog, or the curious, pine-cone-like mammals known as a pangolin, Katherine Rundell stuns us with wonders. Each of her essays is a polished gem—and each will leave you newly smitten with love for life.”
—Sy Montgomery, New York Times bestselling author of The Soul of an Octopus

“This world, even  as we degrade it, remains almost unimaginably beautiful and interesting, as this remarkable bestiary makes clear. Here are a bunch of very very good reasons to actually try and hold on to as much of the Pleistocene as we can.”
—Bill McKibben, author The End of Nature

“A wondrous ode to nature’s astonishing beauty—and an elegy for all the life we are in the midst of destroying.”
—Amia Srinivasan, author of The Right to Sex

“Exquisite and timely.”
—Maggie O’Farrell, author of The Marriage Portrait

“A total miracle.”
—Max Porter, author of Shy

“A loving and lovely book.”
—Sarah Moss, author of Ghost Wall

“A witty, intoxicating paean to Earth’s wondrous creatures . . . shot through with Rundell’s characteristic wit and swagger.”
—The Guardian

“[A] dazzling collection of essays about some of the world’s most wondrous creatures. From the iridescence of the golden mole to parasites in the eye of the Greenland shark, Rundell details the natural world in exquisite prose…Rundell’s gift for language, wit and historical observation combine here to create a rare and beautiful book.”
—The Observer

“There is a constant joy in the book . . . A sense throughout of delight and wonder, and a reminder that these emotions also matter—may even save us. This is the point.”
—New Statesman

Praise for Katherine Rundell:

“Katherine Rundell is a phenomenon.”
―Neil Gaiman

“Brilliant…Supernaturally talented.”
―Ron Charles, Washington Post

“Rundell is the real deal, a writer of boundless gifts and extraordinary imaginative power.”
—The Observer

“I love Katherine Rundell’s writing because it’s so fresh and vigorous, and always so unexpected…A writer with an utterly distinctive voice and a wild imagination.”
—Philip Pullman, author of The Golden Compass

“Rundell is an astonishing young talent.”
—The Daily Mail