Blood Feather

Patrick McGuinness

JONATHAN CAPE.

Our bodies all have stories to tell - and who better to tell them than fifteen of the world's finest writers? Buried beneath layers of flesh, our hearts pump, our lungs inflate, our kidneys filter. These organs, and others, are essential to our survival but remain largely unknown to us. In Beneath the Skin, fifteen writers each explore a different body part: Naomi Alderman unravels the intestines and our obsession with food; Thomas Lynch celebrates the womb as a miracle; AL Kennedy explores the nose's striking ability to conjure memories; and Philip Kerr traces the remarkable history of brain surgery.The human stomach, we discover, contains as many brain cells as a cat has in its head. The lungs weigh about the same as a loaf of bread. A traumatic memory can show itself on the skin. Moving, comical and often unexpected, this is an awe-inspiring voyage through the mysterious landscape of our bodies. Based on the BBC Radio 3 series 'A Body of Essays'.

Beneath The Skin

Science & Math

NAOMI ALDERMAN

PHILIP KERR

Thomas Lynch

A.L. Kennedy

Ned Beauman

Chibundu Onuzo

William Fiennes

Daljit Nagra

Mark Ravenhill

Christina Patterson

Imtiaz Dharker

Abi Curtis

Kayo Chingonyi

Annie Freud

Biological Sciences

Wellcome Collection

The last hundred days

Seren

19th Century Blues

Literature & Fiction

Poetry

Smith/Doorstop

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