"She has a strange and wonderful mind, and the ability to speak it with enduring grace.
Author(s): Annie Dillard
464 Pages
Fiction + Literature Genres, Literary

Description

About the Book

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annie Dillard has gathered together her favorite passages from past works to create an anthology consisting of her most significant, most passionate, most evocative writings. Selections include excerpts from Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, Holy the Firm, The Living, An American Childhood, and Teaching a Stone To Talk.

Book Synopsis

"She has a strange and wonderful mind, and the ability to speak it with enduring grace." - The New Yorker

"A stand up ecstatic. . . . Like all great writers, she is fresh, jarring, passionately dedicated to her subject." -- Threepenny Review

From one of America's most beloved writers, a collection of her own work - from Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, Teaching a Stone to Talk, Holy the Firm, An American Childhood, and The Living - now in paperback.

A lovely introduction to the prolific Annie Dillard's Pulitzer Prize-winning oeuvre, this sampler demonstrates Dillard's wide breadth of writing from the most minute observations to profound meditations on God in everyday life.

From the Back Cover

Annie Dillard -- "one of the most distinctive voices in American letters today" (Boston Globe) -- collects her favorite selections from her own writings in this compact volume. A perfect introduction to one of America's most acclaimed and bestselling authors.

Review Quotes

"One of the most distinctive voices in American letters today." - Boston Globe

"She has a strange and wonderful mind, and the ability to speak it with enduring grace." - The New Yorker

"A stand up ecstatic. . . . Like all great writers, she is fresh, jarring, passionately dedicated to her subject." - Threepenny Review

Specifications

Dimensions (Overall): 8.18 Inches (H) x 5.2 Inches (W) x 1.08 Inches (D)

Weight: .76 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 464

Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres

Sub-Genre: Literary

Publisher: Harper Perennial

Format: Paperback

Author: Annie Dillard

Language: English

Street Date: September 1, 1995

TCIN: 90951023

UPC: 9780060926601

Item Number (DPCI): 247-03-1878

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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