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The Salt House. A Summer on the Dunes of Cape Cod.
Cynthia Huntington
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Description for The Salt House. A Summer on the Dunes of Cape Cod.
Paperback. A writer's lyrical memoir of one summer long ago, spent in a shack on the Provincetown dunes. Cynthia Huntington's poems express wonder, awe and appreciation for life's simplicity and the power of nature. Num Pages: 199 pages, 1 Map. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 304.
The Salt House is a beautifully observed and written memoir of a long summer's stay on the back shore of Cape Cod. Each chapter is like a prose poem, shedding increasing light on the challenge of finding "home" without the illusion of permanence, a quest based not on ownership but on affinity and familiarity with an area and its people. Cynthia Huntington expands her theme through images of the landscape, the shack, the new marriage. The shack, named"Euphoria," is built as a house set on stilts above the sand, to take the wind under it. Only a partial shelter, ... Read more
The Salt House is a beautifully observed and written memoir of a long summer's stay on the back shore of Cape Cod. Each chapter is like a prose poem, shedding increasing light on the challenge of finding "home" without the illusion of permanence, a quest based not on ownership but on affinity and familiarity with an area and its people. Cynthia Huntington expands her theme through images of the landscape, the shack, the new marriage. The shack, named"Euphoria," is built as a house set on stilts above the sand, to take the wind under it. Only a partial shelter, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University Press of New England United States
Number of pages
199
Condition
New
Number of Pages
199
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781584652946
SKU
V9781584652946
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About Cynthia Huntington
CYNTHIA HUNTINGTON is a professor of English at Dartmouth College. She is author of The Salt House and numerous works of poetry, including Heavenly Bodies, which was a finalist for the National Book Award.
Reviews for The Salt House. A Summer on the Dunes of Cape Cod.
"Cynthia Huntington is a terrific writer, and The Salt House is a beautiful book." - Annie Dillard; "The Salt House is a quiet, calming, contemplative book for people who love the seashore and long to see it through the mind's eye of an accomplished and highly sensitive writer." - Boston Herald; "A beautiful, lyrical account... the writing is clear, intelligent, ... Read more