A Book of Noises, Caspar Henderson
A Book of Noises, Caspar Henderson
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A Book of Noises
Notes on Auraculous

Author: Caspar Henderson

Narrator: Caspar Henderson

Unabridged: 11 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/21/2024

Synopsis

Sound shapes our world in invisible but profound ways, and here Caspar Henderson brings his characteristic curiosity, knowledge and sense of wonder to the subject to take us on an exhilarating journey through the heard universe.A Book of Noises gathers together sounds from the cosmos, the natural world, the human world, and the invented world, and contains quiet pockets of silence. From the vast sound of sand in the desert to the tuneful warble of a songbird, to the meditative resonance of a temple bell and the improvisational melodies of jazz, this is a celebration of all things auricular.The preface is read by Cerys Matthews, and the rest of the book by the author

Reviews

Goodreads review by Yousef

very very interesting and unique book!!! would highly recommend to anyone wanting a bit of light reading about all types of sound!!......more

Goodreads review by Andrew

More of a collection of essays with some through lines (and unified by the overall topic of sound) than a single work but no worse for that. Going to add to my "literary fiction is definitely a thing that is on the rise and a net positive" shelf.......more

Goodreads review by Alex

Noises off! Finished at last. The interesting parts of this are buried under verbal diarrhoea and far too many references seemingly designed to illustrate the authors intellect. Avoid.......more

Goodreads review by Megan

I just returned to the library and now looking up how Dewey decimal numbers are assigned, I might go back and ask them to change the number on this book. I don't think there is a number for perpetual name dropping though, which is what most of this book was. So many factoids from so many different s......more

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