The Body
A brilliantly entertaining tour of the human body -- everything you never knew about the extraordinary machine you live in.
Mood Funny & Witty
Pacing Balanced
Complexity Moderately Complex
Pages 464
Reading Time
~15–23 hrs
A brilliantly entertaining tour of the human body -- everything you never knew about the extraordinary machine you live in.
About This Book
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST LONGLISTED FOR THE PEN E.O. WILSON LITERARY SCIENCE WRITING AWARD"Glorious. . .You will marvel at the brilliance and vast weirdness of your design." —The Washington Post Bill Bryson, bestselling author of A Short History of Nearly Everything, takes us on a head-to-toe tour of the marvel that is the human body.
Who This Is For
Best for readers who want genuine wit: sharp, clever writing that earns its laughs. The writing rewards attention without being demanding, a good balance of depth and readability. The pacing is balanced, time to breathe between moments that matter. If you need emotional weight in your reading, the lightness here may frustrate.
Best Read When
Best read when you're in the mood for something funny and clever, and a read that's balanced and absorbing.
What It Explores
The Body explores identity and the gap between who we are and who we pretend to be, survival and what extreme circumstances ask of people, and friendship and what it genuinely asks of us.
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