Welcome to Curious.earth! Little more than a baby. Sign in to Purchase Instantly. What Does This Mean? Sardonic and filled with darkly humorous imagery, A Curious Earth, by Man Booker finalist Gerard Woodward, is an old-fashioned novel, more an extended character study and meditation on aging than a traditional plot-based novel. See details. This makes A Curious Earth sound very depressing, and to a degree it was - it had to be, to be true to the family history and to Aldous. The aim is to deliver high-quality, interesting and easy-to-digest content. A Curious Earth is a sequel, but don’t let that throw you. We aim to provide… Ship This Item — Qualifies for Free Shipping Buy Online, Pick up in Store Check Availability at Nearby Stores. The novel's title, from an early poem of Emily Dickinson, highlights this oddity: "And I'd like to look a little more / At such a curious earth… 'A Curious Earth' sees Aldous working hard to turn his home into an art gallery, and this gesture shows us that Aldous is inseparable from his home and his memories. It helps, … Changing Earth. So many people read sustainability news and then ask the question ‘Well what can I do about it?’. "A Curious Earth" (Reviewed by Mary Whipple AUG 7, 2008) "To be old is one thing, to be old and a victim is another. Women are disproportionately affected by climate change impacts in comparison to their male counterparts. Our Mission We are on a mission to help more than 1 million people understand environmental issues and their impact. The same savage wit and strange, sweet innocence that propelled Woodward’s previous novel, I’ll Go to Bed at Noon, onto the short list for the prestigious Man Booker Prize, shows up here. An entirely new category of person—someone vulnerable, helpless, unable to cope. Members save with free shipping everyday! This original short form show explores the way the Earth is still actively changing and the effects of those changes. Gerard is the author of an acclaimed sequence of novels, August (shortlisted for the 2001 Whitbread First Novel Award), I'll Go to Bed at Noon (shortlisted for the 2004 Man Booker Prize) and A Curious Earth.He was born in London in 1961, and published several prize-winning collections of poetry before turning to fiction. In a week where violence towards women has made headlines, Curious Earth looks at gender inequality in the environmental movement, and why women need to be included in decision making. Share your story with the world. Make use of Google Earth's detailed globe by tilting the map to save a perfect 3D view or diving into Street View for a 360 experience. Lonely old English widower makes various attempts to get a life. 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