Overview
In this impressive debut, Boelte sets up a dual narrative: one investigates San Franciscoās climate to explain the science behind the omnipresent fog; another explores Boelteās memory as well as letters, notes, newspaper articles, and other artifacts that tell the story of his brotherās short life and eventual suicide.
Weaving a complex and engaging story from personal, historical and environmental threads, Boelteās search for meaning takes him to a range of unexpected places: from San Francisco Bay circa 1901, when fog was responsible for routinely sinking steamships, to a cavernous medical library where he studies the grim details of asphyxiation and death by hanging; from the redwood forests where scientists are now learning about fogās ability to sustain life, to a beat-up cardboard box containing memories of his long-dead brother.
The Beautiful Unseen is as much a meditation on experiencing loss at an early age as it is a study
This book title, The Beautiful Unseen (A Memoir), ISBN: 9781619024588, by Kyle Boelte, published by Catapult (February 10, 2015) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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