Messages in a bottle (Editorial Ariel), by Wolfgang Struck is ours book of the week.
In the 19th century, the explorer Georg Neumayer had an intuition: the messages on the bottles could be an instrument of oceanographic correspondence and measurement. So he did an experiment and discovered new global connections.
He collected messages sent by captains, port officials and passengers; found by walkers and fishermen. From the hand of Wolfgang Struck We discover what is hidden beneath this way of collecting data and this extraordinary collection: the need for civilizations to communicate and the desire to conquer unknown lands.
The author
Wolfgang Struck is a professor of comparative literature at the University of Erfurt (Germany). His research focuses on the relationships between literature, thought and science. He is the author of several books on colonialism, adventure stories, lost explorers and sea maps.
Where to buy? Here.
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