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Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
Annie Dillard
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Description for Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
Paperback. This winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1975, and listed by the New York Times as one of the best 100 non-fiction books of the century, gives timeless reflections on solitude, writing and faith amid the beautiful though sometimes brutal world of nature on the author's doorstep in Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; HRCS; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 314. 224 pages. This winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1975, and listed by the New York Times as one of the best 100 non-fiction books of the century, gives timeless reflections on solitude, writing and faith amid the beautiful though sometimes brutal world of nature on the author's doorstep in Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; HRCS; WN. Dimension: 203 x 138 x 23. Weight: 312.
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek has continued to change people's lives for over thirty years. A passionate and poetic reflection on the mystery of creation with its beauty on the one hand and cruelty on the other, it has become a modern American literary classic in the tradition of Thoreau. Living in solitude in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Roanoke, Virginia, and observing the changing seasons, the flora and fauna, the author reflects on the nature of creation and of the God who set it in motion. Whether the images are cruel or lovely, the language is memorably beautiful and ... Read more
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek has continued to change people's lives for over thirty years. A passionate and poetic reflection on the mystery of creation with its beauty on the one hand and cruelty on the other, it has become a modern American literary classic in the tradition of Thoreau. Living in solitude in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Roanoke, Virginia, and observing the changing seasons, the flora and fauna, the author reflects on the nature of creation and of the God who set it in motion. Whether the images are cruel or lovely, the language is memorably beautiful and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Canterbury Press Norwich
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848250789
SKU
V9781848250789
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About Annie Dillard
Annie Dillard is acclaimed as a major voice in American literature. A novelist and poet, her greatest recognition is as a nonfiction writer. She won the Pulitzer Prize in 1975.
Reviews for Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
'Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, is a classic instance of the nonfiction work of art.'
Geoff Dyer
The Observer
Geoff Dyer
The Observer