Teaching a Stone to Talk

Expeditions and Encounters

Annie Dillard (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

208 Seiten

2017 | Main - Canons Edition
Canongate Canons (Verlag)
9781782118855 (ISBN)

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A dazzling celebration of the natural world and our place in it from the Pulitzer Prize-winning nature writer.

In Teaching a Stone to Talk, Annie Dillard fixes her entrancing gaze and powerful sense of wonder on the natural world. Whether watching a sublime lunar eclipse or locking eyes with a wild weasel, Dillard captures the grand and miniature miracles of our universe.

Annie Dillard is one of the most respected and influential figures in contemporary non-fiction and winner of the Pulitzer Prize. With Teaching a Stone to Talk, she illuminates the world around us with a new and glowing light.

Annie Dillard was born in 1945 in Pennsylvania. She is a much-celebrated poet, novelist and essayist and author of thirteen books, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. She is a member of the Academy of Arts and Letters and has received fellowship grants from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. She was awarded the 2014 National Humanities Medal for her work deepening the understanding of the human experience. www.anniedillard.com

Erscheinungsdatum	17.01.2017
Reihe/Serie	Canons
Verlagsort	Edinburgh
Sprache	englisch
Maße	130 x 197 mm
Gewicht	150 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
ISBN-13	9781782118855 / 9781782118855
Zustand	Neuware