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Århundreder efter opdagelsen af den nye verden, var det meste af klodens isdækkede områder stadig ikke kortlagt. Med håb om prestige og økonomisk gevinst drager en ekspedition i 1800-tallet ombord på skibet "Narhvalen" mod Arktis uden begreb om de udfordringer, der venter dem undervejs. Både passagerernes mentale og fysiske helbred udfordres på den farefulde rejse, hvor menneskets mest grundlæggende træk kommer op til overfladen. Andrea Barrett (f. 1954) er en prisvindende amerikansk forfatter.

The elegant short fictions gathered hereabout the love of science and the science of love are often set against the backdrop of the nineteenth century. Interweaving historical and fictional characters, they encompass both past and present as they negotiate the complex territory of ambition, failure, achievement, and shattered dreams.

The six exquisite stories in Natural History are set largely in a small community in central New York state and portray some of her most beloved characters, spanning the decades between the Civil War to the present day. Told with Andrea Barrett's characteristic elegance, passion for science, and wonderful eye for the natural world, the psychologically astute and moving stories gathered in this collection evoke the ways women's lives and expectations—in families, in work, and in love—have shifted across a century and more.