Dillard, Annie

Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (Harper Perrennial Modern Classics)

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ISBN 13:
9780061233326
author:
Dillard, Annie
format:
Paperback
publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers
language:
English
Publication Year:
2007
Pages:
304
Dimensions:
13.46 x 1.78 x 20.32 centimetres
Genre:
Nature
Condition:
New
Availability:
Item usually sent within 7 working days
£13.48

Description

Pilgrim at Tinker Creek is a year of profound observation and discovery in the Virginia Blue Ridge valley. Annie Dillard sets out to see what she can see, and her journey reveals a landscape of mystery, death, beauty, and violence.

Through her writing, Dillard explores the intricate web of life in the natural world, and the ways in which human experience is intertwined with the land and its creatures. This is a book about the beauty and complexity of the world around us, and the ways in which we can come to understand it.

With prose that is both poetic and precise, Dillard guides the reader through her observations, creating a sense of wonder and awe at the natural world. Pilgrim at Tinker Creek is a deeply personal and deeply observed book, one that invites the reader to slow down and look again at the world around them.

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