Annals of the Former World - Hardcover

McPhee, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0374105200 ISBN 13: 9780374105204

Verlag: Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc, 1998

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Book by McPhee John

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"Tripling as a geology primer, an autobiography and a panorama of the nation, bejeweled with splendid vignettes and set-pieces, ""Annals of the Former World"" offers a view of America like no other. It is the outpouring of a master stylist. Yield to its geopoetry and have your eyes opened to a barely known aspect of the continent."-Roy Porter, "Los Angeles Times"
"John McPhee has produced, over nearly a quarter of a century, a deep philology of the continent. "Annals of the Former World" is surely a classic. If I didn't know better, I'd say it was timeless."-A.O. Scott, "Village Voice"

Tripling as a geology primer, an autobiography and a panorama of the nation, bejeweled with splendid vignettes and set-pieces, ""Annals of the Former World"" offers a view of America like no other. It is the outpouring of a master stylist. Yield to its geopoetry and have your eyes opened to a barely known aspect of the continent. Roy Porter, "Los Angeles Times"

John McPhee has produced, over nearly a quarter of a century, a deep philology of the continent. "Annals of the Former World" is surely a classic. If I didn't know better, I'd say it was timeless. "A.O. Scott, Village Voice""

"Tripling as a geology primer, an autobiography and a panorama of the nation, bejeweled with splendid vignettes and set-pieces, "Annals of the Former World" offers a view of America like no other. It is the outpouring of a master stylist. Yield to its geopoetry and have your eyes opened to a barely known aspect of the continent." --Roy Porter, Los Angeles Times

"John McPhee has produced, over nearly a quarter of a century, a deep philology of the continent. Annals of the Former World is surely a classic. If I didn't know better, I'd say it was timeless." --A.O. Scott, Village Voice

Reseña del editor:

A multilayered tale, arranged in an organic succession of set pieces, flashbacks, biographical sketches, and human and lithic histories, explores North American geology, plate tectonics, and geologic time. 20,000 first printing.

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• Verlag: Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0374105200
• ISBN 13: 9780374105204
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 624