Teaching a Stone to Talk: Expeditions and Encounters by Annie Dillard (English)

Description: Teaching a Stone to Talk by Annie Dillard A dazzling celebration of the natural world and our place in it from the Pulitzer Prize-winning nature writer. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description In Teaching a Stone to Talk, Annie Dillard fixes her entrancing gaze and powerful sense of wonder on the natural world. Whether watching a sublime lunar eclipse or locking eyes with a wild weasel, Dillard captures the grand and miniature miracles of our universe. Annie Dillard is one of the most respected and influential figures in contemporary non-fiction and winner of the Pulitzer Prize. With Teaching a Stone to Talk, she illuminates the world around us with a new and glowing light. Author Biography Annie Dillard was born in 1945 in Pennsylvania. She is a much-celebrated poet, novelist and essayist and author of thirteen books, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. She is a member of the Academy of Arts and Letters and has received fellowship grants from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. She was awarded the 2014 National Humanities Medal for her work deepening the understanding of the human experience. Review Dillard opens our eyes to the world and to new ways of articulating what we see -- GEOFF DYERAnnie Dillard is one of those people who seem to be more fully alive than most of us, more nearly wide-awake than human beings generally get to be * * New York Times * *Among the greatest nature writers who have ever lived . . . Keen, urgent and impassioned, her subject is life itself, in all its teeming and marvellous forms -- OLIVIA LAINGIt was Annie Dillard who got me, before it was too late, to pay attention to where I was before I lost it -- RICHARD HOLLOWAYAnnie Dillards words are the outpouring of a brilliant mind tempered by a pleading heart. Her distinctive voice and incandescent imagery lifts us to heights few writers can ever hope to aspire to -- JOHN LISTER-KAYESuperb . . . Annie Dillard silver-streaks out of the blue and archingly transcends all other writers of our day in all the simple, intimate, and beautiful ways of the natural master -- BUCKMINSTER FULLERDillards style is spirited and gale-force. She raps out her opinions; lyrical, gleeful, cymbal-clashing, peppery. The best thing is her glee, a pied-piperish glee at being in the world, which she evokes better than anyone else -- ROBERT MACFARLANEAnnie Dillards books are like comets, like celestial events that remind us that the reality we inhabit is itself a celestial event -- MARILYNNE ROBINSONAnnie Dillards wise and funny essays remind us of what a profound blessing life can be if we do but one thing: Pay attention -- GARY TRUDEAUIn essay after essay, Annie Dillard demonstrates the mystical art of using exactitude, condensation, and clarity to intimate turbulence, rapture, and plenty. . . The landscape of nonfiction and American letters looks barren without her radiance -- MAGGIE NELSON Long Description A dazzling celebration of the natural world and our place in it from the Pulitzer Prize-winning nature writer. In Teaching a Stone to Talk , Annie Dillard fixes her entrancing gaze and powerful sense of wonder on the natural world. Whether watching a sublime lunar eclipse or locking eyes with a wild weasel, Dillard captures the grand and miniature miracles of our universe. Annie Dillard is one of the most respected and influential figures in contemporary non-fiction and winner of the Pulitzer Prize. With Teaching a Stone to Talk , she illuminates the world around us with a new and glowing light. Review Text Dillard opens our eyes to the world and to new ways of articulating what we see Review Quote Annie Dillard is one of those people who seem to be more fully alive than most of us, more nearly wide-awake than human beings generally get to be Promotional "Headline" A dazzling celebration of the natural world and our place in it from the Pulitzer Prize-winning nature writer. Details ISBN1782118853 Author Annie Dillard Series Canons Year 2017 ISBN-10 1782118853 ISBN-13 9781782118855 Format Paperback Publication Date 2017-02-02 Subtitle Expeditions and Encounters Place of Publication Edinburgh Country of Publication United Kingdom Pages 208 DEWEY 818.608 Edition Main - Canons edition Audience Age 0-0 Imprint Canongate Canons Media Book Short Title Teaching a Stone to Talk Language English UK Release Date 2017-02-02 AU Release Date 2017-02-02 Illustrations No Publisher Canongate Books Edition Description Main - Canons Edition Audience General NZ Release Date 2017-02-21 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:100783801;

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