Reading the Mountains of Home [Idioma Inglés] - Hardcover

Elder, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0674748883 ISBN 13: 9780674748880

Verlag: Harvard University Press, 1998

Inhaltsangabe

This text is a journey into the reaches of the once-populated Vermont Hills which sees through a landscape in which nature and literature, and loss and recovery, are inextricably joined. John Elder describes the course of the year hiking through forested upland, reflecting on the forces of nature - from the descent of glaciers to the rush of the New Haven River that shaped the plateau for his village of Bristol - and on the human will that denuded and farmed and abandoned the mountains. This leads to mediations on both human failure and the possibility for deeper communion with the land and others. The work is an exploration of the body and soul of a place, an interpretive map of its natural and literary life, balancing the pressures of civilization and the attraction of wilderness.. NOTA: El libro no está en español, sino en inglés.

Über diesen Titel

Críticas

A sure sign that the Northern Forest region is in the early stages of cultural renewal is the development of a Northern Forest literature, 'a dialogue between wilderness and culture.' John Elder's...book "Reading the Mountains of Home" is a wonderful contribution to this dialogue...[The book] is a deep, lyrical, celebration of living very locally. Yet, its focus on such a small plot of land leads the writer and reader to ponder universal questions of living lightly on Earth.--Jamie Sayen "Wild Earth "

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Harvard University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1998
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0674748883
• ISBN 13: 9780674748880
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 262
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Amazon EU Sarl; 0; www.amazon.com; ; 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; 0; L-1855; Luxemburg